1
Hop Brook Lake Recreation Area
Managed by United States Army Corps of Engineers
243 acres3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Middlebury
Middlebury, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 19% of Middlebury is conserved land, roughly 2,207 acres. There are about 23 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Hop Brook Lake Recreation Area (3 mi), Larkin State Park Trail (1.8 mi), and Juniper Hill (1.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Middlebury, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Middlebury outdoors
Conserved land
19%
2,207 of 11,736 acres
Trails
23 mi
1.3 mi per sq mi · 13 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
50
283 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
4.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 4.6 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
Larkin State Park Trail
Nature preserve
29 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Juniper Hill
Managed by Middlebury Land Trust
134 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Hetzel Refuge
Managed by Flanders Nature Center
72 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Lake Elise Preserve
Managed by Middlebury Land Trust
50 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Robert Clark Tract
Managed by Middlebury Land Trust
28 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7
Fodder's Folly
Managed by Middlebury Land Trust
52 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Fairhaven Tract
Managed by Middlebury Land Trust
13 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 50 parks & preserves
- Lavigne Easement8 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Meadowview Park20 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Miriam's Camp Tract11 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Bristol Park10 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- North Shore Reserve Tract33 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Town of Middlebury Open Space20 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Arnold-Grimes Tract13 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Griffith Tract10 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Lavigne Tract4 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Timex Tract1 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Truelove-McLean Tract72 ac
- Tuttle Woods Preserve55 ac
- William & Mary Woods17 ac
- Highpoint Tract14 ac
- Camp Parcel13 ac
- Matthews Tract12 ac
- Bayberry Farms Tract12 ac
- Woods Hill11 ac
- Woodland Estates Tract10 ac
- Turtle Pond8 ac
- Sperry Easement8 ac · Directions
- Tranquillity Farm7 ac
- Bronson Meadow6 ac
- Fenn's Pond6 ac
- Abbott Farm Tract6 ac
- Kennerly Tract5 ac
- Burbank Tract4 ac
- Curtis Farms Tract4 ac
- Whittemore Sanctuary3 ac
- Middlebury Town Land3 ac
- Theroux Tracts3 ac
- Whittemore Glen State Park2 ac
- Whittemore Cottages2 ac
- Laurel Crest Tracts2 ac
- Largay Corner Tract2 ac · Directions
- Gilbert Tract2 ac
- Seebach Tract2 ac
- Sperry Tract2 ac · Directions
- Baldrige Farm1 ac
- Timex Easement1 ac
- Peck Tract1 ac
- Griffith Tract Addition1 ac
Who protects the land
2,207 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 231 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 108 of 115 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 paths4.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
- Larkin State Park Trail (bike route)1.8 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis18
- Basketball3
- Soccer2
- Pickleball2
- Multi-sport1
- Baseball1
- Beach volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Middlebury and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Middlebury'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.