1
Northwest Park & Open Space
Nature preserve
490 acres13.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Windsor
Windsor, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 11% of Windsor is conserved land, roughly 2,147 acres. There are about 41 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Northwest Park & Open Space (13.9 mi), Windsor WMA (4.4 mi), and Mill Brook Open Space (4.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Windsor, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Windsor outdoors
Conserved land
11%
2,147 of 19,701 acres
Trails
41 mi
1.3 mi per sq mi · 20 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
45
73 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
7.9 mi
0.5 mi lanes · 7.4 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
Windsor Wildlife Management Area
Managed by State of Connecticut
134 acres4.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Mill Brook Open Space
Managed by Town of Windsor
96 acres4.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Matianuck Natural Area Preserve
Managed by State of Connecticut
275 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Connecticut Park and Ride
5
Farmington River Park
Nature preserve
28 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Sharshon Park
Park
12 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
7
Phelps Park Open Space
Nature preserve
17 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
8
Pheasant Run Open Space
Nature preserve
13 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 45 parks & preserves
- Farmington River Floodplain (River Street)5 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Keney Park169 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Washington Park23 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Stroh Park21 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Windsor Meadows State Park125 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Lancaster Woods Open Space (3 Parcels And Walkway)55 ac
- Town Open Space (Rowland Lane)43 ac · Directions
- Milo W. Peck Community Center39 ac
- Olds & Whipple Pond Open Space26 ac
- Farmstead Lane Open Space19 ac
- Silver Birch Lane Open Space14 ac
- Tobacco Ridge Open Space (3 Parcels)14 ac
- John R. Welch Park11 ac
- Bloomfield Avenue Open Space11 ac
- Phelps Meadow Open Space (Section 1) 2 Parcels10 ac
- Trent Drive Park9 ac
- Meadowview Open Space9 ac
- Pepperbush Way Open Space (2 Parcels)8 ac
- Stockbridge Open Space6 ac
- Lincoln Way West Open Space6 ac · Directions
- Thrall Park5 ac
- Pondview Open Space5 ac
- Wintonbury Hills Playground4 ac · Directions
- Custer Drive Tot Lot4 ac · Directions
- John Fitch Playground4 ac
- Carriage Way Open Space4 ac
- Lancaster Park3 ac
- Rundle Acres Open Space3 ac
- Shad Run Vacant Land3 ac
- Tiffany Village/Reed Circle3 ac
- Lincoln Way Open Space3 ac
- Ludlow Road Property3 ac
- Deerfield Playground2 ac
- Hollowbrook Road/Lighthouse Hill Road Open Space1 ac
- Town Open Space (79 Woodland Street)1 ac
- Woodland Park Open Space1 ac
- Town Boat Launch - Farmington River1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
2,147 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 66 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 81 of 123 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.5 mi
- Off-road bike paths7.4 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis29
- Softball18
- Soccer15
- Baseball12
- Pickleball10
- Basketball7
- Lacrosse4
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Windsor and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor | 10.9% | 41.3 mi | 45 |
| Hartford | 11.6% | 27.5 mi | 34 |
| Windsor Locks | 6.8% | 6.3 mi | 13 |
| Bloomfield | 13.4% | 65.7 mi | 27 |
| East Windsor | 11% | 13.6 mi | 10 |
| South Windsor | 11.6% | 29.6 mi | 50 |
| East Granby | 21.3% | 38.5 mi | 4 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Windsor'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 24-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.