1
Tyler Mill Preserve
Managed by Town of Wallingford
841 acres25.1 mi of trail
Weed Pile
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Wallingford
Wallingford, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 15% of Wallingford is conserved land, roughly 3,697 acres. There are about 54 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Tyler Mill Preserve (25.1 mi), William D. Bertini Park (2.4 mi), and Orchard And Spruce Glen (2.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Wallingford, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Wallingford outdoors
Conserved land
15%
3,697 of 25,444 acres
Trails
54 mi
1.4 mi per sq mi · 36 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
45
83 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.1 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.1 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
William D. Bertini Park
Managed by Town of Wallingford
138 acres2.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Orchard And Spruce Glen
Managed by Wallingford Land Trust
70 acres2.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Marcus Cooke Memorial Park
Park
46 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Pistapaug Pond Open Space
Managed by Town of Wallingford
371 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Community Lake
Nature preserve
192 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Wharton Brook Natural Area Preserve
Nature preserve
23 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Tri-Mountain State Park
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
106 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 45 parks & preserves
- Wharton Brook State Park18 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Park39 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- West Dayton Hill33 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Prageman Park21 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Doolittle Park14 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Woodhouse Fields9 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Community Pool7 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Pat Wall Field6 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Quinnipiac River State Park44 ac · Directions
- Lufbery Park44 ac · Directions
- Meriden Rod and Gun Club30 ac
- Turnpike Road Open Space21 ac
- Town Open Space (Donat Drive)20 ac
- Sleeping Giant State Park17 ac · Directions
- Harrison Park16 ac · Directions
- Gaylord Fields11 ac
- Lakeside Park9 ac · Directions
- PNA Park9 ac
- West Side Park9 ac
- Town Open Space (Grieb Road)7 ac
- Kendrick Park6 ac
- Watrous Woods6 ac
- Briar Ridge5 ac
- Town Open Space (Jenna Road)5 ac
- Town Open Space (Gaylord F. & Shoebox)4 ac
- Town Open Space (Ridgeknoll Road & Gaye Lane)4 ac
- Town Open Space (Lynn Drive & Mohican Lane)4 ac
- Pond Hill Park4 ac
- Town Open Space (Reskin & Field Drives)3 ac
- Town Open Space (Mariot Circle & Cardinal Drive)3 ac
- Town Open Space (Sunrise Circle)3 ac
- Town Open Space (Schoolhouse Rd.& Algonquin Drive)2 ac
- Town Open Space (Kondracki Lane)2 ac
- Wallace Park1 ac
- Harriet Wallace Park1 ac
- Grand & Washington Streets Park1 ac · Directions
- Triangular Park1 ac
Who protects the land
3,697 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 677 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 72 of 73 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 paths2.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball35
- Tennis35
- Soccer15
- Pickleball14
- Basketball10
- Football2
- Multi-sport1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Wallingford and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallingford | 14.5% | 53.9 mi | 45 |
| North Haven | 7.1% | 28.3 mi | 17 |
| North Branford | 36.9% | 56.3 mi | 21 |
| Cheshire | 11.6% | 47.7 mi | 53 |
| Meriden | 14% | 44.2 mi | 29 |
| Durham | 23.5% | 49.0 mi | 19 |
| Hamden | 15.4% | 123.1 mi | 31 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Wallingford'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 25.9-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.