1
Hubbard Park
Managed by City of Meriden
914 acres15.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Meriden
Meriden, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 14% of Meriden is conserved land, roughly 2,142 acres. There are about 44 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Hubbard Park (15.2 mi), Doctor Francis Giuffrida Park (10.7 mi), and City of Meriden Watershed Reserve Land (8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Meriden, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Meriden outdoors
Conserved land
14%
2,142 of 15,327 acres
Trails
44 mi
1.8 mi per sq mi · 28 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
29
35 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.4 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 3.4 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
2
Doctor Francis Giuffrida Park
Nature preserve
535 acres10.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
City of Meriden Watershed Reserve Land
Managed by City of Meriden Water Department
1,456 acres8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Meriden Green
Park
15 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Meriden Station Commuter Parking
5
Brookside Park
Park
12 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Washington Park
Park
11 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
City Park
Managed by City of Meriden
7 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 29 parks & preserves
- Falcon Field27 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- North End Field6 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Baldwin Pond Park20 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Habershon Field14 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Carroll Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Saint John's Field4 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Cuno Camp18 ac
- Quinnipiac Park15 ac · Directions
- Benjamin J Nessing Memorial Park12 ac · Directions
- Mule Well Field12 ac · Directions
- Columbus Park11 ac · Directions
- Johnson Hill Park9 ac · Directions
- Ceppa Field8 ac · Directions
- City Open Space (Grove Street)7 ac · Directions
- Beaver Pond Park6 ac
- Kronenberger Park5 ac
- American Legion Park4 ac
- Gilman Park3 ac · Directions
- Lamentation Mountain State Park2 ac
- Blue Hills Conservation Area1 ac
- Silver Lake State Access Area1 ac
- John Zajac Park1 ac
Who protects the land
2,142 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 16 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 73 of 94 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths3.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball25
- Tennis18
- Basketball10
- Soccer6
- Softball6
- Pickleball2
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Meriden and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meriden | 14% | 44.2 mi | 29 |
| Cheshire | 11.6% | 47.7 mi | 53 |
| Berlin | 25.6% | 74.2 mi | 37 |
| Wallingford | 14.5% | 53.9 mi | 45 |
| Southington | 8.6% | 69.0 mi | 16 |
| Middlefield | 26.5% | 21.9 mi | 6 |
| Middletown | 12.8% | 81.3 mi | 31 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Meriden's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 20-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.