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Shenipsit State Forest
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
878 acres14.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Somers
Somers, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 22% of Somers is conserved land, roughly 4,054 acres. There are about 39 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Shenipsit State Forest (14.6 mi), Whitaker Woods (4.3 mi), and Camp Aya-Po (3.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Somers, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Somers outdoors
Conserved land
22%
4,054 of 18,223 acres
Trails
39 mi
1.4 mi per sq mi · 32 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
19
393 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
Whitaker Woods
Managed by Northern Connecticut Land Trust
264 acres4.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Camp Aya-Po
Managed by Town of Somers
187 acres3.7 mi of trail
Lakeside TrailPerkins Mtn TrailOld Shenipsit TrailLower Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
McCann Family Farm Preserve
Managed by Northern Connecticut Land Trust
91 acres3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Skyline Scenic Area
Managed by Northern Connecticut Land Trust
65 acres2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Bald Mountain Preserve
Managed by Northern Connecticut Land Trust
224 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Scantic River State Park
Nature preserve
82 acres1.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
County Road Open Space
Managed by Town of Somers
87 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 19 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 19 parks & preserves
Shenipsit State Forest878 acres · 14.6 mi of trail · Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Whitaker Woods264 acres · 4.3 mi of trail · Northern Connecticut Land Trust
Camp Aya-Po187 acres · 3.7 mi of trail · Town of Somers
McCann Family Farm Preserve91 acres · 3 mi of trail · Northern Connecticut Land Trust
Skyline Scenic Area65 acres · 2 mi of trail · Northern Connecticut Land Trust
Bald Mountain Preserve224 acres · 1.9 mi of trail · Northern Connecticut Land Trust
Scantic River State Park82 acres · 1.6 mi of trail
County Road Open Space87 acres · 1.2 mi of trail · Town of Somers
Somers Sportsmen's Association56 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Somers Sportsmen Association
Scantic Riparian Area57 acres · Northern Connecticut Land Trust
Who protects the land
4,054 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 1,831 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 52 of 78 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
- Soccer7
- Baseball5
- Softball4
- Pickleball4
- Tennis4
- Beach volleyball2
- Volleyball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Somers and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Somers'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.