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Mohegan Park
Managed by City of Norwich
475 acres3.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Norwich
Norwich, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 13% of Norwich is conserved land, roughly 2,465 acres. There are about 18 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Mohegan Park (3.9 mi), Taftville Watershed Reserve Land (1.6 mi), and Bog Meadow Watershed Reserve Land (1.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Norwich, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Norwich outdoors
Conserved land
13%
2,465 of 18,710 acres
Trails
18 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 10 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
66
62 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.7 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.7 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
Taftville Watershed Reserve Land
Managed by City of Norwich
220 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Bog Meadow Watershed Reserve Land
Managed by City of Norwich
356 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Fairview Watershed Reserve Land
Managed by City of Norwich
265 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Lowthorpe Meadow Natural Area
Managed by Lowthorpe Association Inc.
20 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Rogers Road Open Space
Managed by City of Norwich
130 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7
Estelle Cohn Memorial Dog Park
Managed by City of Norwich
5 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 60 parks & preserves
- The Marina at American Wharf5 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Crandall Property14 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Jennings Field11 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- R. "Red" McKeon Occum Park5 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Sachem Street Open Space2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Elizabeth Street Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Cedar Woods Preserve46 ac
- Hunters Road Open Space27 ac
- Raymond “Cit” Ouellet Park20 ac
- Lawler Lane Open Space19 ac
- Laurel Hill Road Open Space13 ac
- F. W. Brown Tract10 ac
- Norwich Little League10 ac · Directions
- Lucas Park9 ac
- Hamilton Avenue Park8 ac
- Laurel Circle Drive Open Space6 ac
- Howie Dickenman Field5 ac
- Canterbury Turnpike Open Space5 ac
- Washington Street Park5 ac · Directions
- Firemen's Field4 ac
- Jenkins Field4 ac · Directions
- Cranberry Pond Road Open Space4 ac
- Stephen S. Armstrong Tenis Courts4 ac
- Heritage Trail Corridor4 ac · Directions
- Great Plain Road Open Space3 ac
- Orchard Street Open Space3 ac
- Luis DePina Recreation Fields3 ac
- Upper Dam Heritage Park3 ac · Directions
- Royal Mohegan Burial Ground3 ac · Directions
- Howard T. Brown Memorial Park3 ac · Directions
- Hammond Avenue Open Space3 ac
- Taftville Playground3 ac · Directions
- North Main Street Open Space3 ac · Directions
- Fernwood Playground3 ac
- Occum Playground3 ac
- Norwich Avenue Open Space3 ac · Directions
- Franklin Park2 ac · Directions
- Uncas Leap Heritage Park2 ac · Directions
- Stoney Ridge Road Open Space2 ac
- Thamesville Playground2 ac
- Sturtevant Street Open Space2 ac
- Seventh Street Open Space2 ac
- Talman Street Open Space2 ac · Directions
- Brook Street Park1 ac
- White Plains Road Open Space1 ac
- Robert W. Spayne Basketball Courts1 ac
- Kent Street Open Space1 ac · Directions
- Stewart Drive Open Space1 ac
- Columbus Park1 ac · Directions
- Schiller Street Open Space1 ac
- Julian Terrace Open Space1 ac · Directions
- Palmer Street Open Space1 ac
- Greeneville Playground1 ac
Who protects the land
2,465 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 485 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 48 of 70 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 paths0.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball17
- Tennis15
- Soccer6
- Baseball5
- Football3
- Softball2
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Norwich and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Norwich'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 20.9-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.