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Wilton Town Forest
Nature preserve
186 acres6.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Wilton
Wilton, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.9% of Wilton is conserved land, roughly 1,368 acres. There are about 41 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Wilton Town Forest (6.9 mi), Weir Preserve (2.8 mi), and Leonard J. Bradley Park (2.7 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Wilton, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Wilton outdoors
Conserved land
7.9%
1,368 of 17,358 acres
Trails
41 mi
1.5 mi per sq mi · 19 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
30
73 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
12.6 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
Weir Preserve
Managed by The Nature Conservancy
105 acres2.8 mi of trail
Dogs usually not allowedTypical for Nature Conservancy preserves. Check posted rules
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Leonard J. Bradley Park
Nature preserve
81 acres2.7 mi of trail
Yellow TrailRed TrailOrange TrailGreen TrailBlue Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Gregg Preserve
Nature preserve
109 acres2.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trail sign
5
Spectacle Swamp
Nature preserve
82 acres1.7 mi of trail
Orange Trail Access
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
6
Cherry Lane Park
Nature preserve
48 acres1.1 mi of trail
Orange trailOrange TrailBlue TrailRed Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Weir Farm National Historic Site
Park
33 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Schenck's Island
Park
16 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 30 parks & preserves
- Lovers Lane Open Space36 ac · 0.7 mi trail · Directions
- Weir Preserve Easement24 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Weston-Wilton Forest Reserve63 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Merwin Meadows Bath House18 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Cranbury Park8 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Merwin Meadows8 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Richard C. Wheeler Nature Preserve5 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Mather Street Open Space69 ac
- Vista Road Open Space39 ac
- Wild Duck Road Open Space16 ac
- Linden Tree Road Open Space9 ac
- Kellogg Drive Open Space9 ac
- Borglum Road Park4 ac
- Wren Thicket Open Space4 ac
- Old Lantern Drive Open Space4 ac
- Westport Road Open Space4 ac
- Banks Drive Open Space3 ac
- Quail Ridge Open Space3 ac
- Millstone Road Open Space3 ac
- Honey Hill Road Open Space2 ac
- Whipstick Road Open Space1 ac
- Stirrup Place Open Space1 ac
Who protects the land
1,368 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 161 of 172 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 lanes12.6 mi
- Norwalk River Valley Trail (bike route)2.9 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball11
- Soccer5
- Tennis4
- Basketball1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Wilton and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilton | 7.9% | 41.2 mi | 30 |
| New Canaan | 5.8% | 10.5 mi | 16 |
| Ridgefield | 17.8% | 56.6 mi | 127 |
| Weston | 12.6% | 32.7 mi | 13 |
| Norwalk | 4.2% | 13.7 mi | 56 |
| Redding | 29.6% | 75.6 mi | 46 |
| Westport | 4.3% | 13.2 mi | 31 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Wilton'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 22.5-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.