1
Lake Gaillard Watershed Reserve Land
Managed by South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority
5,769 acres22 mi of trail
Tommys PathReeds Gap Road East
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · North Branford
North Branford, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 37% of North Branford is conserved land, roughly 6,263 acres. There are about 56 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Lake Gaillard Watershed Reserve Land (22 mi), Big Gulph (7.3 mi), and North Farms Park (2.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in North Branford, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
North Branford outdoors
Conserved land
37%
6,263 of 16,968 acres
Trails
56 mi
2.1 mi per sq mi · 33 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
21
464 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
Big Gulph
Managed by Regional Water Authority
558 acres7.3 mi of trail
Tommys Path
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
North Farms Park
Managed by Town of North Branford
102 acres2.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Harrison Farm Preserve
Managed by North Branford Land Conservation Trust
24 acres2.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Notch Hill Brook
Managed by North Branford Land Conservation Trust
45 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Angeloni Preserve
Managed by North Branford Land Conservation Trust
13 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
7
Lane Pond Watershed Reserve Land
Managed by Town of Wallingford
43 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Totoket Valley Park
Managed by Town of North Branford
28 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 21 parks & preserves
- Connecticut Sportsplex35 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Swajchuk Park16 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Town Open Space (Woodhouse Avenue)10 ac
- McCluskey Preserve9 ac
- Town Open Space (Totoket Road)8 ac · Directions
- Town Open Space (Barnett Property)7 ac
- Great Hill7 ac
- Town Open Space (Lake Road)5 ac · Directions
- Mill Road Field5 ac
- Town Open Space (Bittersweet Drive)4 ac
- Town Open Space (Sunnyside Drive)4 ac
- Kampmeyer Preserve2 ac
- Town Open Space (Altiere Drive)1 ac
Who protects the land
6,263 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 196 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 35 of 40 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
- Baseball11
- Soccer10
- Tennis7
- Basketball4
- Lacrosse2
- Softball2
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
North Branford and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Branford | 36.9% | 56.3 mi | 21 |
| Guilford | 24.9% | 154.7 mi | 61 |
| Wallingford | 14.5% | 53.9 mi | 45 |
| Branford | 20.9% | 73.5 mi | 23 |
| North Haven | 7.1% | 28.3 mi | 17 |
| East Haven | 13.3% | 18.0 mi | 23 |
| Durham | 23.5% | 49.0 mi | 19 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about North Branford'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 21.6-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.