1
Quaddick State Forest
Managed by State of Connecticut
112 acres0.3 mi of trail
Border Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Putnam
Putnam, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.3% of Putnam is conserved land, roughly 945 acres. There are about 9.3 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Putnam, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Putnam outdoors
Conserved land
7.3%
945 of 12,993 acres
Trails
9.3 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
34
102 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.1 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 3.1 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
Natchaug State Forest
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
92 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Lower Pond Preserve
Managed by Wyndham Land Trust
65 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
4
Dowell Open Space
Nature preserve
48 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 34 parks & preserves
- Ridge Road Open Space24 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Murphy Recreation Park43 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Rotary Park4 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Veterans Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Chaffee Preserve43 ac
- Sabin Street Open Space36 ac
- Modock Road Open Space34 ac
- Hayden Preserve32 ac
- Woodstock Avenue Open Space24 ac
- Park Road Open Space21 ac
- Aldrich Road Open Space16 ac
- Tamler Preserve14 ac
- Airline State Park Trail (Northern Section)11 ac
- Richmond Road Open Space11 ac
- Highland Drive Open Space8 ac
- John F. Simonzi, Sr. Memorial Park8 ac · Directions
- Chase Street Open Space4 ac
- Munyan Road Open Space4 ac
- King Street Open Space4 ac
- Providence Pike Open Space3 ac
- Industrial Park Road Open Space3 ac
- Pomfret Rod and Gun Club2 ac
- Anna Perry Open Space2 ac
- Bull Hill Preserve1 ac
- Keech Street Open Space1 ac
- Travis Open Space1 ac
- Dr. Robert R. Johnston Community Garden1 ac · Directions
- Pomfret Street Open Space1 ac · Directions
- Powhattan Street Open Space1 ac · Directions
- Robert J. Miller Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
945 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 11 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 26 of 34 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 paths3.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Basketball4
- Tennis3
- Soccer2
- Football1
- Softball1
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Putnam and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Putnam'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.