1
Maltby Lakes
Managed by South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority
251 acres4.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · West Haven
West Haven, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 8% of West Haven is conserved land, roughly 556 acres. There are about 9.9 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Maltby Lakes (4.4 mi), West River Memorial Park (0.8 mi), and Old Grive Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in West Haven, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
West Haven outdoors
Conserved land
8%
556 of 6,949 acres
Trails
9.9 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
17
10 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.2 mi
0.1 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
West River Memorial Park
Managed by City of New Haven
50 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Old Grive Park
Managed by West Haven Public Works
18 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Sandy Point Bird Sanctuary
Nature preserve
21 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 17 parks & preserves
- Painter Park39 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Ray Park8 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Morse Park41 ac · Directions
- Bradley Point Park7 ac · Directions
- Maurice P. Quigley Memorial Stadium6 ac · Directions
- West Haven Green6 ac · Directions
- Savin Rock Park5 ac · Directions
- Walter Brennan Memorial Park4 ac
- Shingle Hill Park4 ac · Directions
- Old Grove Park2 ac · Directions
- Ralph Eberle Park2 ac
- Bayview Park1 ac
- Cynthia Circle Park1 ac
Who protects the land
556 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 47 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 38 of 38 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths2.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball16
- Tennis16
- Basketball10
- Soccer9
- Football7
- Softball2
- Multi-sport1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
West Haven and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about West Haven'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.