1
Great Mountain Forest
Nature preserve
4,317 acres13.1 mi of trail
Number 4 TrailCharcoal Pit TrailGoodnow TrailTobey Bog TrailCrissey Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Norfolk
Norfolk, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 49% of Norfolk is conserved land, roughly 14,359 acres. There are about 50 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Great Mountain Forest (13.1 mi), Pine Mountain Preserve (4.6 mi), and Haystack Mountain State Park (4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Norfolk, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Norfolk outdoors
Conserved land
49%
14,359 of 29,542 acres
Trails
50 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 40 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
13
8,334 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
Pine Mountain Preserve
Managed by Norfolk Land Trust
368 acres4.6 mi of trail
Billings Trail-Tait Section
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Haystack Mountain State Park
Nature preserve
385 acres4 mi of trail
Billings TrailOld Carriage Road TrailTower TrailStoney Lonesome Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Dennis Hill State Park
Nature preserve
237 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Campbell Falls State Park Reserve
Nature preserve
133 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Norfolk Meadow
Nature preserve
5 acres0.3 mi of trail
Norfolk Meadow Boardwalk
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 13 parks & preserves
- Town Open Space (Dutton Mountain)4 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Norbrook Farm3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Housatonic State Forest592 ac
- Wolcott Preserve469 ac
- Town Open Space (Town Farm)157 ac
- Long Rivers Council (Boy Scouts Of America)119 ac
- The Nature Conservancy Zweig (Easement)53 ac
Who protects the land
14,359 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2,835 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 120 of 143 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
- Tennis10
- Baseball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Norfolk and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norfolk | 48.6% | 50.2 mi | 13 |
| Canaan | 50.5% | 26.1 mi | 9 |
| Goshen | 22.7% | 20.4 mi | 9 |
| Colebrook | 23.7% | 47.7 mi | 13 |
| North Canaan | 20.9% | 10.6 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Norfolk'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 25.6-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.