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Cranbury Park
Park
187 acres4.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Norwalk
Norwalk, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.2% of Norwalk is conserved land, roughly 964 acres. There are about 14 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Cranbury Park (4.8 mi), Cranbury Dog Park (1.8 mi), and Veterans Memorial Park (1.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Norwalk, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Norwalk outdoors
Conserved land
4.2%
964 of 23,148 acres
Trails
14 mi
0.4 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
56
10 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
29.0 mi
11.1 mi lanes · 3.8 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.
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Cranbury Dog Park
Managed by Norwalk City
51 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dogs allowedMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Veterans Memorial Park
Park
41 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Heritage Park
Park
19 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Mathews Park
Park
22 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 56 parks & preserves
- Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge157 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Mill Hill Historic Park2 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Magrath Park9 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Norwalk Green5 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Village Creek Open Space5 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Riverside Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Betts Brook Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Irving Freese Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Calf Pasture Beach37 ac · Directions
- Taylor Farm Park32 ac · Directions
- Knowalot Lane Open Space30 ac
- Shady Beach14 ac · Directions
- Springwood Park13 ac · Directions
- Flax Hill Park10 ac · Directions
- Woods Pond Park9 ac · Directions
- Ponus Avenue Open Space8 ac
- Getner Farms8 ac
- Hilltop Conservation Development7 ac · Directions
- Bayley Beach Park7 ac · Directions
- Devils Garden Open Space6 ac
- Broad River Park5 ac · Directions
- Grassy Island4 ac
- Four Winds Farm4 ac
- Woodward Avenue Park4 ac · Directions
- Stonecrop Open Space4 ac
- Comstock Hill Open Space4 ac
- Hoyts Island4 ac
- Hart Nature Preserve4 ac
- Fox Run Open Space3 ac
- Field Street Nature Area3 ac
- Biersdorf, Inc. Open Space3 ac · Directions
- Ludlow Park3 ac · Directions
- North Avenue Park3 ac · Directions
- San Vincenzo Park2 ac · Directions
- Yost Street Open Space2 ac
- Pinkney Park2 ac · Directions
- John H. Ryan Park2 ac · Directions
- Fitch Playground2 ac · Directions
- Kulze Nature Preserve2 ac
- Constitution Park1 ac · Directions
- Union Park1 ac · Directions
- Edgewater Park1 ac · Directions
- Elizabeth Creamer Preserve1 ac · Directions
- Witch Lane Park1 ac · Directions
- Washington Square Park1 ac · Directions
- William D. Peters Park1 ac · Directions
- Meadow Street Park1 ac · Directions
- A. Santaniello Park1 ac · Directions
- Sammis Street Open Space1 ac
- Foxboro Conservation Development1 ac · Directions
- Mill Pond Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
964 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 10 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 47 of 80 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes11.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths3.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes14.1 mi
- Norwalk River Valley Trail (bike route)0.4 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis59
- Baseball21
- Basketball20
- Pickleball10
- Soccer6
- Football3
- Lacrosse3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Norwalk and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwalk | 4.2% | 13.7 mi | 56 |
| Darien | 2.6% | 8.5 mi | 12 |
| Westport | 4.3% | 13.2 mi | 31 |
| New Canaan | 5.8% | 10.5 mi | 16 |
| Wilton | 7.9% | 41.2 mi | 30 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Norwalk'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 23-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.