1
Eisenhower Park
Managed by City of Milford
228 acres5.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
Outdoors · Milford
Milford, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.8% of Milford is conserved land, roughly 1,290 acres. There are about 22 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Eisenhower Park (5.3 mi), Silver Sands State Park (2.5 mi), and Solomon Woods (2.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Milford, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Milford outdoors
Conserved land
7.8%
1,290 of 16,621 acres
Trails
22 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 7 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
29
24 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.5 mi
1.4 mi lanes · 1.1 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
Silver Sands State Park
Nature preserve
320 acres2.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Solomon Woods
Managed by City of Milford
99 acres2.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
4
Beaver Brook Trails
Managed by City of Milford
57 acres1.2 mi of trail
Beaver Brook Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Mondo Ponds Nature Preserve
Managed by City of Milford
35 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Wilcox Park
Park
21 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Walnut Beach Park
Managed by City of Milford
24 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 29 parks & preserves
- Smith-Hubbell Wildlife Refuge and Bird Sanctuary9 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Upper Duck Pond5 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Milford Green5 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Point Beach Playground4 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Meadowside Playground3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Lower Duck Pond3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Linwood Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Liberty Rock Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Charles E Wheeler Wildlife Area662 ac · Directions
- Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge10 ac · Directions
- Gulf Beach8 ac · Directions
- Brewster Field6 ac · Directions
- Margaret Egan Center Park5 ac · Directions
- Delacorte/Hubbard Preserve4 ac · Directions
- Anderson Avenue Playground3 ac
- Grove Circle Neighborhood Park3 ac · Directions
- Fannie Beach Community Center2 ac · Directions
- Eric Zimmerman Playground2 ac
- Trubee Doolittle Park2 ac · Directions
- The Point Park past Caswell Cove1 ac · Directions
- Hazelwood Playground1 ac · Directions
- Borough Hall Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
1,290 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 55 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 27 of 51 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.4 mi
- Off-road bike paths1.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes1.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis33
- Baseball21
- Basketball19
- Pickleball16
- Soccer7
- Softball5
- Multi-sport3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Milford and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milford | 7.8% | 22.2 mi | 29 |
| West Haven | 8% | 9.9 mi | 17 |
| Stratford | 12.9% | 12.0 mi | 20 |
| Orange | 10.8% | 30.0 mi | 14 |
| Woodmont | 1.2% | 0.1 mi | 3 |
| Shelton | 20% | 45.3 mi | 47 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Milford'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 23.9-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.