1
Wadsworth Falls State Park
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
171 acres4.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Middlefield
Middlefield, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 27% of Middlefield is conserved land, roughly 2,234 acres. There are about 22 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Wadsworth Falls State Park (4.3 mi), King Property (1.5 mi), and Higby Mountain Easement (0.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Middlefield, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Middlefield outdoors
Conserved land
27%
2,234 of 8,436 acres
Trails
22 mi
1.7 mi per sq mi · 12 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
6
527 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.7 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.7 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
King Property
Nature preserve
78 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Higby Mountain Easement
Managed by The Nature Conservancy
67 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dogs usually not allowedTypical for Nature Conservancy preserves. Check posted rules
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Peckham Field
Managed by Town of Middlefield
21 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 6 parks & preserves
- Durham Meadows Wildlife Management Area26 ac · Directions
- Lucy Strickland Estate11 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
2,234 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 260 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 56 of 63 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 paths2.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Soccer7
- Baseball4
- Tennis2
- Skate park1
- Softball1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Middlefield and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middlefield | 26.5% | 21.9 mi | 6 |
| Middletown | 12.8% | 81.3 mi | 31 |
| Durham | 23.5% | 49.0 mi | 19 |
| Meriden | 14% | 44.2 mi | 29 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Middlefield'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.