Trinity Forest Preserve
Managed by Cornwall Conservation Trust
298 acres1.5 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Outdoors in West Cornwall
63% of West Cornwall is wild, conserved land
There are about 2.2 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Trinity Forest Preserve (1.5 mi) and Trinity Retreat Center (0.7 mi).
Conserved land
63%
623 of 997 acres
Trails
2.2 mi
1.4 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 mi
Highest peak
1,368 ft
Buck Mountain
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Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Things to do
3 places to go in West Cornwall
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History along the way
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The longest trail network is Trinity Forest Preserve, with 1.5 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Trinity Retreat Center
Nature preserve
143 acres0.7 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Housatonic State Forest
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
56 acres
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Brokaw Preserve
Managed by Cornwall Conservation Trust
52 acres
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
623 conserved acres
Who manages West Cornwall’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits5 ac
Not recorded618 ac
Private Conservation · 485 acLocal Conservation Area · 70 acState Resource Management Area · 48 acLocal Other or Unknown · 20 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 7 of 8 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Private Conservation | Not recorded | 499 | Unknown |
| Matland Local Conservation Area | Not recorded | 70 | Unknown |
| Housatonic State Forest State Resource Management Area | Not recorded | 48 | Unknown |
| Blake (Buck Mountain) Private Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 5 | Restricted |
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Trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, 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.