1
Camp Mattatuck
Managed by Connecticut Rivers Council, Boy Scouts of America (Scouting America)
357 acres1.8 mi of trail
The Lake TrailThe Nature TrailMaple Shortcut
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Plymouth
Plymouth, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 9.2% of Plymouth is conserved land, roughly 1,304 acres. There are about 17 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Camp Mattatuck (1.8 mi) and Mattatuck State Forest (1.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Plymouth, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Plymouth outdoors
Conserved land
9.2%
1,304 of 14,220 acres
Trails
17 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
10
111 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
Mattatuck State Forest
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
282 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Lake Winfield Recreation Area
Nature preserve
22 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Buttermilk Falls Nature Preserve
Park
16 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 10 parks & preserves
- Veterans Memorial Playground4 ac · Directions
- Thomaston Dam3 ac
- Baldwin Park3 ac · Directions
- City of Bristol Watershed Lands2 ac
- City of Bristol Land1 ac
- Town Hall Field1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
1,304 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 42 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 25 of 30 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
- Softball2
- Beach volleyball1
- Soccer1
- Basketball1
- Baseball1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Plymouth and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Plymouth'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.