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A.W. Stanley Park
Park
214 acres3.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · New Britain
New Britain, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.2% of New Britain is conserved land, roughly 620 acres. There are about 16 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in A.W. Stanley Park (3.6 mi), Stanley Quarter Park (3 mi), and Walnut Hill Park (1.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in New Britain, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
New Britain outdoors
Conserved land
7.2%
620 of 8,568 acres
Trails
16 mi
1.2 mi per sq mi · 8 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
17
8 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
36.9 mi
17.5 mi lanes · 6.5 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.
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Stanley Quarter Park
Park
137 acres3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Walnut Hill Park
Park
84 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
City of New Britain Public Watershed Lands
Managed by City of New Britain Water Department
147 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Willow Brook Park
Managed by City of New Britain
54 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Washington Park
Park
13 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 17 parks & preserves
- George Chesley Park12 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Martha Hart Park37 ac · Directions
- Batterson Park24 ac
- Osgood Heights Park17 ac · Directions
- Kummer Farm Preserve15 ac
- Willow Street Park4 ac · Directions
- I-291 Corridor2 ac · Directions
- National Iwo Jima Memorial Park1 ac
- Skinner Park1 ac
- Franklin Square Park1 ac · Directions
- Corbin Heights Park1 ac
Who protects the land
620 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 14 of 25 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes17.5 mi
- Off-road bike paths6.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes12.9 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball19
- Baseball16
- Tennis15
- Soccer7
- Football4
- Softball4
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
New Britain and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Britain | 7.2% | 16.1 mi | 17 |
| Farmington | 26.8% | 66.0 mi | 39 |
| Newington | 5.5% | 10.8 mi | 27 |
| Berlin | 25.6% | 74.2 mi | 37 |
| Plainville | 8.1% | 18.2 mi | 9 |
| Southington | 8.6% | 69.0 mi | 16 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about New Britain'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.