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The Preserve
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
914 acres19.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Old Saybrook
Old Saybrook, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 16% of Old Saybrook is conserved land, roughly 2,213 acres. There are about 36 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in The Preserve (19.5 mi), Great Cedars Conservation Area (4.6 mi), and Clark Community Park (4.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Old Saybrook, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Old Saybrook outdoors
Conserved land
16%
2,213 of 13,737 acres
Trails
36 mi
1.7 mi per sq mi · 28 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
14
209 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.6 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.6 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
Great Cedars Conservation Area
Managed by Town of Old Saybrook
382 acres4.6 mi of trail
Old Back Highway
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Clark Community Park
Managed by Town of Old Saybrook
183 acres4.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Connecticut Valley Railroad State Park Trail
Nature preserve
35 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
Ingham Hill Road (Geron)
Managed by Old Saybrook Land Trust
13 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 14 parks & preserves
- Fort Saybrook Monument Park17 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Clark Field11 ac
- Harvey's Beach5 ac
- Kavanagh Park3 ac
- Turtle Creek Preserve2 ac
- Ferry Road Ball Field2 ac · Directions
- Old Saybrook Town Green1 ac · Directions
- Old Saybrook Town Beach1 ac · Directions
- Main Street Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
2,213 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 62 of 65 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 paths0.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis17
- Basketball9
- Baseball8
- Pickleball3
- Football2
- Soccer2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Old Saybrook and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Old Saybrook'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.