1
Roosevelt Forest
Nature preserve
290 acres5.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Stratford
Stratford, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 13% of Stratford is conserved land, roughly 1,639 acres. There are about 12 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Roosevelt Forest (5.2 mi), Stratford Point Reserve (1 mi), and Short Beach Park (0.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Stratford, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Stratford outdoors
Conserved land
13%
1,639 of 12,673 acres
Trails
12 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 10 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
20
31 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.6 mi
0.0 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
Stratford Point Reserve
Managed by Audubon Connecticut
26 acres1 mi of trail
Dogs usually not allowedTypical for Audubon sanctuaries. Check posted rules
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Short Beach Park
Park
98 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
428 acres0.5 mi of trail
Great Meadows Trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
Boothe Memorial Park
Park
32 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Clover Park
Park
9 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 20 parks & preserves
- Far Mill River Park35 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Long Brook Park35 ac · Directions
- Wooster Park33 ac · Directions
- Shakespeare Park14 ac · Directions
- Veterans Park13 ac
- Spring Pond Park12 ac
- North End Park5 ac
- High Park3 ac
- Pleasure Beach Park2 ac
- Paradise Green Park2 ac · Directions
- Charles E Wheeler Wildlife Area1 ac
- Low Park1 ac
- George Force Park1 ac
- Roger Sherman Baldwin Park1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
1,639 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 2 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 44 of 77 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 paths1.6 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis14
- Baseball10
- Basketball6
- Pickleball5
- Soccer1
- Softball1
- Multi-sport1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Stratford and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stratford | 12.9% | 12.0 mi | 20 |
| Bridgeport | 5.7% | 20.8 mi | 31 |
| Shelton | 20% | 45.3 mi | 47 |
| Milford | 7.8% | 22.2 mi | 29 |
| Trumbull | 10.6% | 43.1 mi | 27 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Stratford'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.