1
Collis P. Huntington State Park
Nature preserve
576 acres14 mi of trail
BlueWhiteRedGreen
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Redding
Redding, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 30% of Redding is conserved land, roughly 6,030 acres. There are about 76 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Collis P. Huntington State Park (14 mi), Saugatuck Falls Natural Area (5.6 mi), and Limekiln Natural Area (5.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Redding, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Redding outdoors
Conserved land
30%
6,030 of 20,374 acres
Trails
76 mi
2.4 mi per sq mi · 49 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
46
687 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.6 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
Saugatuck Falls Natural Area
Nature preserve
314 acres5.6 mi of trail
Hardwood TrailFalls TrailOld FieldPower Line TrailBurn Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Limekiln Natural Area
Managed by Redding Land Trust
188 acres5.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Topstone Park
Nature preserve
266 acres3.4 mi of trail
Saddleback TrailLong View TrailTopledgeBoulder Top TrailSouth Topstone
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
New Pond Farm Educational Center
Nature preserve
103 acres3.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Stormfield
Nature preserve
162 acres3.2 mi of trail
Captain's TrailSandy's TrailHarp TrailHalo TrailHalley's Comet Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Mary Evelyn Scott Preserve
Managed by Redding Land Trust
121 acres3 mi of trail
Munro TrailJoan's Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
8
Putnam Memorial State Park
Nature preserve
192 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
All 46 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 46 parks & preserves
Collis P. Huntington State Park576 acres · 14 mi of trail
Saugatuck Falls Natural Area314 acres · 5.6 mi of trail
Limekiln Natural Area188 acres · 5.6 mi of trail · Redding Land Trust
Topstone Park266 acres · 3.4 mi of trail
New Pond Farm Educational Center103 acres · 3.3 mi of trail
Stormfield162 acres · 3.2 mi of trail
Mary Evelyn Scott Preserve121 acres · 3 mi of trail · Redding Land Trust
Putnam Memorial State Park192 acres · 1.8 mi of trail
Gallows Hill Natural Area121 acres · 1.8 mi of trail · Town of Redding
Devils Den148 acres · 1.5 mi of trail · The Nature Conservancy
Who protects the land
6,030 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2,461 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 198 of 228 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 lanes1.6 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis12
- Baseball4
- Football1
- Soccer1
- Basketball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Redding and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Redding'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 24.2-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.