1
Paugnut State Forest
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
1,537 acres7.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Torrington
Torrington, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 22% of Torrington is conserved land, roughly 5,543 acres. There are about 30 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Paugnut State Forest (7.9 mi), Burr Pond State Park (4.2 mi), and Sunny Brook State Park (3.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Torrington, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Torrington outdoors
Conserved land
22%
5,543 of 25,651 acres
Trails
30 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 18 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
22
156 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
3.4 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 3.4 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
Burr Pond State Park
Nature preserve
263 acres4.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Sunny Brook State Park
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
459 acres3.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Coe Memorial Park
Park
5 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 22 parks & preserves
- Abeling Field8 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Elise Besse Park8 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- John A. Minetto State Park499 ac · Directions
- Nw Ctgirl Scout Council (Camp Maria Pratt)303 ac
- Camp Ouleout (Ymca)256 ac
- Stillwater Pond State Park223 ac
- Major Besse Park111 ac · Directions
- Alvord Park65 ac · Directions
- Town Open Space19 ac · Directions
- Fuessenich Park Extension and Storrs Park12 ac
- Fuessenich Park7 ac · Directions
- Limestone Drive Open Space5 ac
- Joe Ruwet Park4 ac · Directions
- Donahue Playground3 ac · Directions
- Houlihan Woods and Michael Giordano Tribute Area2 ac · Directions
- Borzani Park2 ac
- Bannon Street Park2 ac
- Pleasant View Park1 ac
Who protects the land
5,543 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 444 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 144 of 168 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 paths3.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis19
- Baseball16
- Basketball7
- Soccer4
- Football2
- Beach volleyball1
- Skate park1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Torrington and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Torrington | 21.6% | 30.3 mi | 22 |
| Winchester | 13.8% | 20.3 mi | 43 |
| Harwinton | 13.8% | 46.4 mi | 5 |
| New Hartford | 13% | 78.9 mi | 17 |
| Goshen | 22.7% | 20.4 mi | 9 |
| Litchfield | 35.5% | 52.9 mi | 22 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Torrington'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 25.4-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.