1
Balf Nature Preserve
Managed by Tilcon
90 acres2.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Newington
Newington, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.5% of Newington is conserved land, roughly 463 acres. There are about 11 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Balf Nature Preserve (2.6 mi), Newington Greenway (1.8 mi), and Cedarcrest Preserve (0.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Newington, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Newington outdoors
Conserved land
5.5%
463 of 8,359 acres
Trails
11 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
27
15 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 3.6 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
Newington Greenway
Managed by Town of Newington
38 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Cedarcrest Preserve
Managed by State of Connecticut
39 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
I-291 Corridor
Managed by State of Connecticut;City of New Britain;Town of Newington;Town of Rocky Hill;Town of Wethersfield
282 acres0.8 mi of trail
Robert Stanley Nature Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Mill Pond Park
Park
36 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Clem Lemire Recreation Complex
Managed by Town of Newington
20 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 27 parks & preserves
- Alumni Field21 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Churchill Park11 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Twenty Rod Road Park45 ac
- Candlewyck Open Space20 ac
- Mill Brook Park15 ac · Directions
- Candlewyck Park15 ac
- Kellogg/Eddy Open Space11 ac · Directions
- Little Brook Park9 ac
- Beacon Hill Park7 ac · Directions
- Eagle Lantern Open Space5 ac
- Beechwood Park5 ac
- Badger Field4 ac · Directions
- Seymour Park4 ac · Directions
- Starr Park4 ac
- Mary Welles Park2 ac · Directions
- Stonehill Drive Open Space1 ac
- Boulder Drive Open Space1 ac
- National Iwo Jima Memorial Park1 ac
- Robbins Green1 ac
- Eagle Lantern1 ac
- Maple Hill Green1 ac
Who protects the land
463 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 42 of 54 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 paths3.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis21
- Basketball12
- Soccer11
- Baseball7
- Lacrosse4
- Softball3
- Pickleball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Newington and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newington | 5.5% | 10.8 mi | 27 |
| Wethersfield | 12.5% | 7.6 mi | 32 |
| New Britain | 7.2% | 16.1 mi | 17 |
| West Hartford | 23% | 56.1 mi | 23 |
| Berlin | 25.6% | 74.2 mi | 37 |
| Rocky Hill | 10.4% | 19.7 mi | 28 |
| Hartford | 11.6% | 27.5 mi | 34 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Newington'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.