1
Cockaponset State Forest
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
678 acres6.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Westbrook
Westbrook, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 13% of Westbrook is conserved land, roughly 1,721 acres. There are about 24 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Cockaponset State Forest (6.1 mi), Horse Hill Woods Open Space (4.7 mi), and Chapman Mill Pond Open Space (2.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Westbrook, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Westbrook outdoors
Conserved land
13%
1,721 of 13,707 acres
Trails
24 mi
1.1 mi per sq mi · 14 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
19
251 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
Horse Hill Woods Open Space
Managed by Town of Westbrook
230 acres4.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Chapman Mill Pond Open Space
Managed by Town of Westbrook
73 acres2.1 mi of trail
Chapman Mill Pond TrailRidge TrailDeer Run TrailDeer Run Trail ExtensionEntrance Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
354 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
5
Timberlane Preserve
Managed by Westbrook Land Conservation Trust
42 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
6
Tom ODell Memorial Open Space
Managed by Town of Westbrook
7 acres0.4 mi of trail
Meadow Walk
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Fern Ledge
Managed by Essex Land Trust
5 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 19 parks & preserves
- Menunketesuck Wildlife Management Area4 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Platt Preserve4 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- The Preserve3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Daniel P. Wren Park17 ac · Directions
- Westbrook Town Beach6 ac
- Town Open Space (Grove Beach Road, North)6 ac
- Town Open Space (Mcveagh Road)3 ac · Directions
- The Nature Conservancy Goodwin Marsh (Owned)2 ac
- Town Open Space (West Pond Meadow Road)2 ac
- Seaside Avenue Open Space1 ac
- Salt Island1 ac
- Westbrook Town Green1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
1,721 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 7 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 105 of 111 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
- Tennis10
- Basketball6
- Baseball5
- Multi-sport3
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Westbrook and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westbrook | 12.6% | 23.9 mi | 19 |
| Old Saybrook | 16.1% | 36.2 mi | 14 |
| Essex | 11.7% | 33.5 mi | 26 |
| Clinton | 10.7% | 25.8 mi | 33 |
| Deep River | 22.1% | 34.0 mi | 24 |
| Killingworth | 25.9% | 73.1 mi | 13 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Westbrook'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.