1
Mine Hill Preserve
Managed by Roxbury Land Trust
386 acres6.8 mi of trail
Donkey Path
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Roxbury
Roxbury, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 21% of Roxbury is conserved land, roughly 3,546 acres. There are about 40 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Mine Hill Preserve (6.8 mi), Erbacher Preserve (3.7 mi), and Emily Griffith Beardsley Preserve (2.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Roxbury, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Roxbury outdoors
Conserved land
21%
3,546 of 16,769 acres
Trails
40 mi
1.5 mi per sq mi · 30 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
36
1,623 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
Erbacher Preserve
Managed by Roxbury Land Trust
290 acres3.7 mi of trail
Kress Family Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Emily Griffith Beardsley Preserve
Managed by Roxbury Land Trust
130 acres2.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
4
River Road Preserve
Managed by Roxbury Land Trust
93 acres2.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Lilly Preserve
Managed by Roxbury Land Trust
141 acres2.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Golden Harvest Preserve
Managed by Roxbury Land Trust
99 acres1.3 mi of trail
Kress Family Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
7
Baldwin Preserve and Bray Preserve
Managed by Roxbury Land Trust
61 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Brian E. Tierney Nature Preserve
Managed by Roxbury Land Trust
57 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 36 parks & preserves
- Miller Preserve47 ac · 1.1 mi trail · Directions
- Orzech Family Preserve114 ac · 0.9 mi trail · Directions
- Gavel Family Farm Preserve196 ac · 0.8 mi trail · Directions
- McMahan Preserve98 ac · 0.7 mi trail
- River's Edge Preserve22 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Humphrey Preserve12 ac · 0.6 mi trail
- Battle Swamp Brook Preserve21 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Sherman Park12 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Miller Preserve Addition8 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Allen S. Hurlburt Preserve24 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Horrigan Family Preserve6 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Chase Park5 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Moosehorn Access Preserve3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Good Hill Farm Preserve129 ac
- Leander Woods Preserve34 ac
- Matthau Preserve32 ac
- Widmark Preserve27 ac · Directions
- van Deusen Preserve25 ac · Directions
- Styron Preserve21 ac
- Raven Rock Preserve20 ac · Directions
- Natalie White Preserve18 ac
- Hurlburt Park16 ac · Directions
- Geraldine Stutz Preserve14 ac · Directions
- Fulkerson Preserve8 ac
- Glaves Preserve6 ac
- Cross Brook Preserve5 ac
- Baldwin Connector3 ac
- Town Open Space (Minor Bridge Road)2 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
3,546 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 792 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 138 of 182 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
- Tennis6
- Basketball1
- Baseball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Roxbury and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roxbury | 21.1% | 40.1 mi | 36 |
| Bridgewater | 15.5% | 19.8 mi | 13 |
| Washington | 29.6% | 64.9 mi | 14 |
| Woodbury | 19.5% | 38.2 mi | 57 |
| Southbury | 16.6% | 45.0 mi | 24 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Roxbury'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.