1
Connecticut College Arboretum
Managed by Connecticut College
477 acres4.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Outdoors · Waterford
Waterford, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 10% of Waterford is conserved land, roughly 2,882 acres. There are about 26 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Connecticut College Arboretum (4.4 mi), Harkness Memorial State Park (2.8 mi), and Stenger Farm Park (1.9 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Waterford, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Waterford outdoors
Conserved land
10%
2,882 of 28,471 acres
Trails
26 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi · 11 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
45
146 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
Harkness Memorial State Park
Park
281 acres2.8 mi of trail
Niering Walk
Dog rules not recorded
3
Stenger Farm Park
Nature preserve
94 acres1.9 mi of trail
Stengers Park Entrance Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Seaside State Park
Managed by State of Connecticut
31 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
Old Barry Farm Open Space
Managed by Town of Waterford
151 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 45 parks & preserves
- Waterford Beach Park91 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Bates Woods Park10 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Civic Triangle41 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- City of New London Public Watershed Lands460 ac
- Avery Tract62 ac
- Woodlands Tract54 ac
- Andrade Tract50 ac
- Sportsman's Club49 ac
- William A. Niering Natural Area Preserve41 ac · Directions
- Conover Tract39 ac
- Lyman Allen Lot30 ac
- North Road Open Space29 ac
- Fitch's Pond Tract22 ac
- Leary Park21 ac · Directions
- Madara Tract17 ac
- Vauxhall Property16 ac
- Douglas Lane Tract14 ac · Directions
- Babe Ruth Field13 ac
- Little League Fields South12 ac
- Enders Easement11 ac
- WLT Oswegatchie Woods Tract10 ac
- Rovetti Tract9 ac
- Devine Tract7 ac
- Kashannski Tract WLT6 ac
- Jordan Mill Park6 ac
- Cohanzie Park4 ac · Directions
- Lisa Dedrick Memorial Park4 ac · Directions
- Manitock Hill Road (Owned By New London)4 ac
- Powers Tract3 ac
- Rose Swamp Tract3 ac · Directions
- Jordan Green3 ac · Directions
- Niantic River Boat Launch2 ac · Directions
- Two Tree Island2 ac
- Sandy Hollow Drive Park2 ac
- Whites Easement2 ac
- Ocean Beach Park1 ac · Directions
- Aydelotte Easement1 ac
- War Memorial Park1 ac
- Powers Beach Tract1 ac
- Seabreeze Drive1 ac
Who protects the land
2,882 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 13 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 61 of 76 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
- Tennis15
- Baseball11
- Soccer4
- Softball3
- Basketball3
- Football2
- Field hockey1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Waterford and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterford | 10.1% | 26.4 mi | 45 |
| New London | 5.4% | 8.9 mi | 17 |
| East Lyme | 20.6% | 58.2 mi | 27 |
| Montville | 11.9% | 22.6 mi | 29 |
| Ledyard | 18.5% | 44.9 mi | 88 |
| Groton | 17.2% | 80.3 mi | 71 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Waterford'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 27-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.