1
City of New Britain Public Watershed Lands
Managed by City of New Britain Water Department
131 acres3.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Plainville
Plainville, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 8.1% of Plainville is conserved land, roughly 507 acres. There are about 18 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in City of New Britain Public Watershed Lands (3.8 mi), Trumbull Park (0.6 mi), and Tomasso Nature Park (0.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Plainville, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Plainville outdoors
Conserved land
8.1%
507 of 6,223 acres
Trails
18 mi
1.9 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
9
29 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
7.2 mi
0.2 mi lanes · 1.8 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.
2
Trumbull Park
Park
20 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Tomasso Nature Park
Nature preserve
11 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Norton Park
Park
65 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 9 parks & preserves
- Northwest Park6 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Ignacy Jan Paderewski Park36 ac
- Sunset Rock State Park Scenic Reserve17 ac
- Hamlin Pond Park13 ac · Directions
- Farmington Canal Line State Park Trail1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
507 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 71 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 26 of 31 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths1.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes5.2 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball10
- Tennis8
- Basketball4
- Soccer3
- Skate park1
- Football1
- Softball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Plainville and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plainville | 8.1% | 18.2 mi | 9 |
| Bristol | 5.5% | 27.8 mi | 23 |
| Farmington | 26.8% | 66.0 mi | 39 |
| New Britain | 7.2% | 16.1 mi | 17 |
| Southington | 8.6% | 69.0 mi | 16 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Plainville'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.