1
McCook Point Park
Managed by Town of East Lyme Parks & Recreation
22 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Niantic
Niantic, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.3% of Niantic is conserved land, roughly 52 acres. There are about 1.3 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Niantic, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Niantic outdoors
Conserved land
2.3%
52 of 2,269 acres
Trails
1.3 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
6
17 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.2 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 1.2 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
Cini Memorial Park
Park
5 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Pine Grove Ballfield
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Hole-in-the-Wall Beach
Park
2 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Beaches in Niantic
Amtrak Beach
Attawan Beach
Crescent Beach
Hole-in-the-Wall BeachIn McCook Point Park
McCook Park BeachIn McCook Point Park
Unnamed beach
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 0.6 mi
- Cruttenden's Bluff0.2 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
52 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 5 of 7 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 paths1.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball2
- Tennis2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Niantic
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Other or Unknown 35 acLocal Other or Unknown 10 acPrivate Other or Unknown 3 acLocal Park 3 acPrivate Conservation 3 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dodge PondState Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 35 | Access unknown |
| UnknownPrivate Conservation | Not recorded | 16 | Access unknown |
| Pine Grove ParkLocal Park | Land trusts & nonprofits | 3 | Open |
| Town Open Space (Lunde, Mabry Property)Local Conservation Area | Town or city | 1 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
East Lyme Veterans MemorialMemorial
Union CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Niantic and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Niantic'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.