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Hemlock Hills
Nature preserve
348 acres6.5 mi of trail
Ski LoopBlue Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Ridgefield
Ridgefield, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 18% of Ridgefield is conserved land, roughly 3,960 acres. There are about 57 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Hemlock Hills (6.5 mi), Bennett's Pond State Park (6.3 mi), and Seth Low Pierrepont State Park Reserve (5.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Ridgefield, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Ridgefield outdoors
Conserved land
18%
3,960 of 22,267 acres
Trails
57 mi
1.6 mi per sq mi · 39 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
127
158 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
27.0 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
Bennett's Pond State Park
Park
444 acres6.3 mi of trail
Green TrailWhite TrailPurple TrailBlue TrailRed Trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
Seth Low Pierrepont State Park Reserve
Nature preserve
307 acres5.8 mi of trail
Red TrailWhite TrailBlue TrailYellow TrailOrange & White Trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Pine Mountain
Nature preserve
296 acres3.8 mi of trail
Ives TrailRed Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Lake Windwing
Nature preserve
142 acres3.4 mi of trail
Ski Loop
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Florida Refuge
Nature preserve
61 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7
Spectacle Swamp
Nature preserve
93 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
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Old Sib Preserve
Nature preserve
28 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 127 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 127 parks & preserves
Hemlock Hills348 acres · 6.5 mi of trail
Bennett's Pond State Park444 acres · 6.3 mi of trail
Seth Low Pierrepont State Park Reserve307 acres · 5.8 mi of trail
Pine Mountain296 acres · 3.8 mi of trail
Lake Windwing142 acres · 3.4 mi of trail
Florida Refuge61 acres · 1.7 mi of trail
Spectacle Swamp93 acres · 1.1 mi of trail
Old Sib Preserve28 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
Weir Farm National Historic Site27 acres · 0.9 mi of trail
Levy Park45 acres · 0.8 mi of trail
Who protects the land
3,960 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 334 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 155 of 175 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 lanes27.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis23
- Baseball15
- Basketball7
- Pickleball7
- Soccer7
- Football3
- Softball3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Ridgefield and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgefield | 17.8% | 56.6 mi | 127 |
| Wilton | 7.9% | 41.2 mi | 30 |
| Redding | 29.6% | 75.6 mi | 46 |
| Danbury | 14.8% | 47.5 mi | 25 |
| North Salem | 12.8% | 39.0 mi | 17 |
| Lewisboro | 14.7% | 44.4 mi | 36 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Ridgefield'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.