1
Route 2 Open Space
Managed by Town of Preston
155 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Preston
Preston, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.7% of Preston is conserved land, roughly 1,548 acres. There are about 24 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Route 2 Open Space (1.6 mi), Rose Hill WMA (1.4 mi), and Jean and Hobart Mitchell Preserve (1.2 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Preston, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Preston outdoors
Conserved land
7.7%
1,548 of 20,196 acres
Trails
24 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
20
321 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
Rose Hill Wildlife Management Area
Managed by State of Connecticut
287 acres1.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Jean and Hobart Mitchell Preserve
Managed by Avalonia Land Conservancy
112 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
TriTown Forest Preserve
Managed by Avalonia Land Conservancy
28 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 20 parks & preserves
- Quinebaug Wildlife Area39 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Thames River Water Access59 ac
- Preston Nature Preserve52 ac
- Preston Plains Road Open Space26 ac · Directions
- Poquetanuck School Open Space15 ac
- Preston City Social Club Land7 ac
- Poquetanuck Road Open Space6 ac
- Hollowell Brook Preserve5 ac
- Blueberry Hill Preserve5 ac
- Alejo Park5 ac
- Amos Lake Water Access3 ac · Directions
- Avery Pond Water Access2 ac
- Poquetanuck Sedge Beds2 ac
- Choate Brook Preserve1 ac
- Preston Plains Water Co.1 ac
- Downer-Doanes Park1 ac
Who protects the land
1,548 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 729 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 43 of 66 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
- Basketball4
- Baseball4
- Tennis2
- Equestrian1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Preston and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Preston'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 26.4-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.