1
Maromas Wildlife Mangement Area
Managed by Eversource
1,611 acres16 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Middletown
Middletown, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 13% of Middletown is conserved land, roughly 3,453 acres. There are about 81 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Maromas Wildlife Mangement Area (16 mi), Ron McCutcheon Park (4.3 mi), and Highlawn Forest (4.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Middletown, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Middletown outdoors
Conserved land
13%
3,453 of 26,949 acres
Trails
81 mi
1.9 mi per sq mi · 32 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
31
72 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.1 mi
0.3 mi lanes · 5.6 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
Ron McCutcheon Park
Managed by City of Middletown
130 acres4.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Highlawn Forest
Managed by Connecticut Forest & Parks Association
275 acres4.1 mi of trail
Robyne's TrailJack's PathDiscovery LoopRuth's Crossover
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Wadsworth Falls State Park
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
108 acres3.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
Spiderweed Preserve
Managed by Middlesex Land Trust
163 acres3.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Owned by City of Middletown
Nature preserve
118 acres2.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Alice Fern Bruce Preserve
Managed by Berlin Land Trust
118 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Higby Mountain Easement
Managed by The Nature Conservancy
84 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dogs usually not allowedTypical for Nature Conservancy preserves. Check posted rules
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 31 parks & preserves
- Pistol Creek54 ac · 1.5 mi trail · Directions
- Cockaponset State Forest409 ac · 1.4 mi trail · Directions
- Smith Park41 ac · 0.8 mi trail · Directions
- Veterans Memorial Park47 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Highland Pond Preserve41 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Shailor Ledges Preserve24 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Harbor Park7 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Connecticut Valley Railroad State Park Trail26 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Owned by Rockfall Foundation16 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Ravine Park12 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Field Park26 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Butternut Hollow Park7 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Doctor Francis Giuffrida Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Seven Falls State Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Tynan Memorial Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Zoar Park25 ac
- Owned by Polish Falcons17 ac
- Dart Island State Park13 ac
- Riverfront Park8 ac
- Hubbard Park4 ac · Directions
- McCarthy Park3 ac · Directions
- Frank S. Marszalek Park1 ac
- Spear Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
3,453 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 390 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 142 of 160 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths5.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis26
- Baseball25
- Basketball20
- Soccer16
- Football9
- Softball6
- Lacrosse5
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Middletown and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middletown | 12.8% | 81.3 mi | 31 |
| Cromwell | 15.8% | 27.2 mi | 11 |
| Portland | 32.4% | 63.2 mi | 40 |
| Middlefield | 26.5% | 21.9 mi | 6 |
| East Hampton | 23.3% | 71.6 mi | 18 |
| Haddam | 28.4% | 97.1 mi | 36 |
| Berlin | 25.6% | 74.2 mi | 37 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Middletown'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 28.5-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.