Philip Lauter Park
Managed by Town of Windham
20 acres0.3 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Outdoors in Willimantic
Waterfalls, trails & woods in Willimantic
About 7.9% of Willimantic is conserved land, roughly 279 acres. There are about 9.5 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land
7.9%
279 of 3,531 acres
Trails
9.5 mi
1.7 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
16
15 conserved acres per 1,000 people
Bike routes
6.0 mi
0.3 mi lanes · 3.5 mi paths
Highest peak
479 ft
Hosmer Mountain
Lakes & rivers
2
1 beach
What kind of outdoors town is Willimantic?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
This week on the trails
Best day for a walk: Wednesday
61°, areas of frost then sunny, 0% chance of rain.
Tonight82° 50°8% rain
Sat70° 45°1% rain
Sun65° 49°26% rain
Mon67° 38°19% rain
Tue57° 32°0% rain
Wed61° 44°0% rain
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
★ What stands out · Things to do
24 places to go in Willimantic
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Beaches in Willimantic
Playgrounds in Willimantic
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Fishing spots in Willimantic
Waterfalls in Willimantic
Scenic views in Willimantic
Peaks in Willimantic
Community gardens in Willimantic
Places to walk
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The longest trail network is Philip Lauter Park, with 0.3 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Burdick Park
Managed by Town of Windham
50 acres
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
West Main Street Open Space
Managed by Town of Windham
32 acres
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Willimantic River Water Access
Managed by State of Connecticut
24 acres
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
All 16 parks & preserves
🌲
Airline State Park Trail (Northern Section)22 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Directions🌲
Natchaug River Water Access3 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · State of Connecticut
🌳
Windham Recreation Park23 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Town of Windham Recreation Department
🌲
West Main Street Open Space32 acres · Town of Windham
🌲
Pomeroy State Park9 acres
🌳
Alex Caisse Park6 acres · Town of Windham
🌳
Guild Field3 acres
🌳
Young's Park2 acres
Trails & water
1 named trail and 2 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Unpaved · 6.7 mi
Abandoned Airline Railroad0.2 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Who protects it
279 conserved acres
Who manages Willimantic’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city82 ac
Private owners43 ac
Not recorded158 ac
Private Other or Unknown · 115 acLocal Park · 89 acState Recreation Area · 30 acState Park · 24 acLocal Other or Unknown · 13 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 21 of 28 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown State Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 66 | Unknown |
| Saint Joseph Cemetery Private Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 44 | Unknown |
| Willimantic River Water Access State Recreation Area | Not recorded | 27 | Unknown |
| Cemetery (mansfield Town Line) Private Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 26 | Unknown |
| Windham Recreation Park Local Park | Town or city | 26 | Open |
| Airline State Park Trail (Southern Section) State Park | Not recorded | 22 | Unknown |
| Cemetery (main Street) Local Park | Not recorded | 21 | Unknown |
| Philip Lauter Park Local Park | Town or city | 20 | Open |
| Whittemore Park Local Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
| Jillson Square Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.
Biking & sports
6.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.3 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
3.5 mi
off-road bike paths
2.2 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
14Tennis
10Basketball
10Baseball
6Soccer
4Softball
3Football
1Multi-sport
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →2 historic sites to visit
Plus 4 cemeteries, often the oldest places in town.
Next door
Willimantic and its neighbors
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Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Willimantic neighbors.
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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. Forecast: National Weather Service.
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.