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Wapping Park
Managed by Town of South Windsor
193 acres2.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · South Windsor
South Windsor, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 12% of South Windsor is conserved land, roughly 2,115 acres. There are about 30 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Wapping Park (2.9 mi), Major Michael Donnelly Land Preserve (2.6 mi), and Frank Niederwerfer Wildlife Sanctuary (2.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in South Windsor, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
South Windsor outdoors
Conserved land
12%
2,115 of 18,231 acres
Trails
30 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 13 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
50
79 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.7 mi
1.6 mi lanes · 1.6 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
Major Michael Donnelly Land Preserve
Managed by Town of South Windsor
135 acres2.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Frank Niederwerfer Wildlife Sanctuary
Managed by Town of South Windsor
114 acres2.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Sand Hill / Nevers Park
Managed by Town of South Windsor
134 acres2.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Blast & Cast Club
Managed by Five S Group
32 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 50 parks & preserves
- Veteran's Memorial Park (Spring Pond)24 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Pleasant Valley Homes Open Space29 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Vibert Road Boat Launch14 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Hartford Audubon Society, Inc. (Main Street)9 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Rye Street Park139 ac · Directions
- Scantic River State Park96 ac
- Windshire Abbe Open Space (2 Parcels)44 ac
- Country View Estates Open Space43 ac
- Morgan Farms Open Space30 ac
- Wood Pond Open Space28 ac
- Mountainview Estates Open Space27 ac
- Tudor Hill Open Space23 ac
- South Ridge Open Space20 ac
- Blue Spruce Open Space18 ac
- Timber Knoll Open Space (3 Parcels)17 ac
- Savin Woods Open Space16 ac
- Wentworth Estates Open Space (2 Parcels)15 ac
- Larry Duprey Field14 ac · Directions
- Forest Village Open Space14 ac
- Skyview Open Space13 ac
- Avery Community Gardens12 ac
- Deming Street Community Gardens11 ac
- Green Ridge Open Space10 ac
- Lakewood Open Space9 ac
- Bridlewood Estates Open Space9 ac
- Highgate Open Space9 ac
- Evans Crossing Open Space7 ac
- Rye Park Homes Open Space6 ac
- Wentworth Open Space (2 Parcels)6 ac
- Strong Road Parcel5 ac
- Beechwood Farms Open Space5 ac
- Ridgefield Open Space4 ac
- Chapel Hill Open Space4 ac
- Valley View Farms Open Space4 ac
- Timber Ridge Open Space3 ac
- Pleasant Valley Estates Open Space3 ac
- Pine Knob Hill Open Space2 ac
- Woodland Acres Open Space2 ac
- Rainbow Hills Open Space2 ac
- Birch Hill Estates Open Space2 ac
- High Farms Open Space2 ac
- Paradise Lakes Open Space2 ac
- Community Hall (Former)1 ac
- Rolling Park Open Space1 ac
- Stonefield Open Space1 ac
Who protects the land
2,115 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 207 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 116 of 163 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.6 mi
- Off-road bike paths1.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.5 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis18
- Pickleball8
- Basketball6
- Soccer5
- Baseball5
- Softball4
- Football3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
South Windsor and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Windsor | 11.6% | 29.6 mi | 50 |
| East Windsor | 11% | 13.6 mi | 10 |
| Manchester | 17.6% | 101.0 mi | 52 |
| Windsor | 10.9% | 41.3 mi | 45 |
| East Hartford | 5.9% | 11.8 mi | 26 |
| Vernon | 18.9% | 30.7 mi | 37 |
| Ellington | 17.6% | 42.5 mi | 50 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about South Windsor'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.