1
Carter Preserve
Managed by Roxbury Land Trust
168 acres2.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · New Milford
New Milford, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 18% of New Milford is conserved land, roughly 7,089 acres. There are about 45 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Carter Preserve (2.5 mi), Nostrand Preserve (2.1 mi), and Lovers Leap State Park (1.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in New Milford, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
New Milford outdoors
Conserved land
18%
7,089 of 40,564 acres
Trails
45 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 22 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
30
250 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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
Nostrand Preserve
Managed by Town of New Milford
147 acres2.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Lovers Leap State Park
Nature preserve
111 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Sunny Valley Farm
Managed by Nature Conservancy
307 acres1.8 mi of trail
Yellow TrailWhite Trail
Dogs usually not allowedTypical for Nature Conservancy preserves. Check posted rules
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Eleanor and Howard Hunt Nature Preserve
Managed by Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy
113 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Pratt Nature Center
Nature preserve
147 acres1.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Reservoir Park
Managed by Town of New Milford
171 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Sega Meadows Park
Park
54 acres1.4 mi of trail
Sega Meadows Foot Path
Dog rules not recorded
All 30 parks & preserves
- Harrybrooke Park54 ac · 1.3 mi trail
- Kahn Preserve133 ac · 1.2 mi trail · Directions
- Mount Tom Preserve179 ac · 1 mi trail
- Mildred Strauss and James Morrissey Family Nature Preserves63 ac · 0.7 mi trail · Directions
- Mine Hill Preserve56 ac · 0.5 mi trail
- Lynn Deming Park30 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Town Open Space38 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Candlewood Mountain17 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Carlson's Grove16 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Pratt Valley Prese. (Ct Audubon Society) 2 Parcels42 ac
- Guarding Mountain Preserve38 ac
- Miller Lapin Sanctuary25 ac
- Clatter Valley23 ac
- Little League Field12 ac · Directions
- Youngs Field8 ac · Directions
- Appalachian Trail Scenic Open Space5 ac
- Alice McCallister Memorial Sanctuary5 ac
- Addis Park2 ac
- Fireman's Field2 ac
- Pratt Valley Preserve1 ac
- Old Bridge Park1 ac
- Emanuel Williamson Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
7,089 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 3,245 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 281 of 417 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 paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis29
- Baseball13
- Soccer5
- Football3
- Basketball2
- Softball1
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
New Milford and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Milford | 17.5% | 44.9 mi | 30 |
| Bridgewater | 15.5% | 19.8 mi | 13 |
| Sherman | 17.3% | 30.3 mi | 19 |
| Washington | 29.6% | 64.9 mi | 14 |
| Brookfield | 11.5% | 19.4 mi | 20 |
| Kent | 45.3% | 65.7 mi | 19 |
| New Fairfield | 12.5% | 12.4 mi | 10 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about New 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 34-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.