1
Cloutier Memorial Forest
Managed by Wolf Den Land Trust
94 acres2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Windham
Windham, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 14% of Windham is conserved land, roughly 2,534 acres. There are about 40 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Cloutier Memorial Forest (2 mi), Willimantic Reservoir (1.8 mi), and Natchaug State Forest (1.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Windham, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Windham outdoors
Conserved land
14%
2,534 of 17,606 acres
Trails
40 mi
1.4 mi per sq mi · 12 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
28
106 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
9.9 mi
0.3 mi lanes · 5.9 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
Willimantic Reservoir
Managed by Town of Windham
194 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Natchaug State Forest
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
165 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Allanach-Wolf Woodlands
Managed by Joshua's Trust
121 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area
Managed by United States Army Corps of Engineers
256 acres1.3 mi of trail
Old US 6
Dog rules not recorded
6
Airline State Park Trail (Northern Section)
Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
59 acres0.4 mi of trail
Abandoned Airline Railroad
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Philip Lauter Park
Managed by Town of Windham
20 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Windham Outdoor Education Preserve
Managed by Town of Windham/Project IMO
13 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 28 parks & preserves
- Natchaug River Water Access3 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Windham Recreation Park23 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Shetucket Plains Road Park13 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Windham Mills State Heritage Park1 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Beaver Brook State Park343 ac · Directions
- Windham Atlantic White Cedar Bog66 ac · Directions
- Burdick Park48 ac · Directions
- West Main Street Open Space32 ac
- Willimantic River Water Access24 ac · Directions
- Hall Preserve11 ac · Directions
- Jillson Square Park10 ac · Directions
- Pomeroy State Park8 ac
- Mansfield Hollow State Park7 ac · Directions
- Alex Caisse Park6 ac
- Gauthier Field6 ac
- Guild Field4 ac
- War Memorial Park3 ac · Directions
- Wilimantic Whitewater Park2 ac · Directions
- Young's Park2 ac
- Hop River State Park Trail1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
2,534 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 798 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 58 of 79 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.3 mi
- Off-road bike paths5.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes3.7 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis15
- Baseball13
- Basketball13
- Soccer7
- Pickleball6
- Softball5
- Football3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Windham and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Windham'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 22.6-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.