1
Connecticut College Arboretum
Managed by Connecticut College
95 acres2.9 mi of trail
Laurel Walk
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · New London
New London, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.4% of New London is conserved land, roughly 365 acres. There are about 8.9 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Connecticut College Arboretum (2.9 mi), Ocean Beach Park (2 mi), and Bates Woods Park (1.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in New London, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
New London outdoors
Conserved land
5.4%
365 of 6,741 acres
Trails
8.9 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 8 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
17
13 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
9.3 mi
3.3 mi lanes · 1.3 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
Ocean Beach Park
Managed by City of New London
30 acres2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Bates Woods Park
Nature preserve
92 acres1.5 mi of trail
Popsicle Peak TrailButtermilk LookBunny TrailBig LoopWonderland Way Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Caulkins Park
Park
10 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Fort Trumbull State Park
Park
16 acres0.3 mi of trail
Fort Trumbull Riverfront Walk
Dog rules not recorded
All 17 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 17 parks & preserves
Connecticut College Arboretum95 acres · 2.9 mi of trail · Connecticut College
Ocean Beach Park30 acres · 2 mi of trail · City of New London
Bates Woods Park92 acres · 1.5 mi of trail
Caulkins Park10 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Fort Trumbull State Park16 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Waterfront Park2 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Nelson W. Nitchman Fields14 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · United State Coast Guard
Williams Memorial Park2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Riverside Park18 acres
Robert Crown Park5 acres
Who protects the land
365 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 29 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes3.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths1.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes4.8 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis21
- Basketball17
- Tracks13
- Baseball11
- Soccer10
- Softball3
- Football2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
New London and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about New London'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.