1
Rock Spring Wildlife Refuge
Managed by The Nature Conservancy
434 acres4.5 mi of trail
Dogs usually not allowedTypical for Nature Conservancy preserves. Check posted rules
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Scotland
Scotland, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 33% of Scotland is conserved land, roughly 3,877 acres. There are about 14 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Rock Spring Wildlife Refuge (4.5 mi), Nathan B. and Anne Perry Talbot Wildlife Area (2.7 mi), and Mohegan State Forest (2.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Scotland, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Scotland outdoors
Conserved land
33%
3,877 of 11,886 acres
Trails
14 mi
0.7 mi per sq mi · 11 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
8
2,425 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
Nathan B. and Anne Perry Talbot Wildlife Area
Managed by State of Connecticut
465 acres2.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Mohegan State Forest
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
809 acres2.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
James V. Spignesi Jr. Wildlife Management Area
Managed by State of Connecticut
380 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 8 parks & preserves
- Sarah A. and John F. Pappenheimer Preserve121 ac
- Dave Shoemaker Demonstration Forest47 ac
- Devotion Woods22 ac
- Harry and Margaret Bowers Recreational Field12 ac
Who protects the land
3,877 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 211 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 42 of 62 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
- Tennis1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Scotland and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Scotland'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.