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Wolcott Recreation Area
Nature preserve
266 acres3.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Wolcott
Wolcott, CT parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.3% of Wolcott is conserved land, roughly 303 acres. There are about 20 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Wolcott Recreation Area (3.3 mi) and Peterson Park (1.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Wolcott, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Wolcott outdoors
Conserved land
2.3%
303 of 13,401 acres
Trails
20 mi
1 mi per sq mi · 4 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
11
19 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
Peterson Park
Park
67 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Russell Preserve
Nature preserve
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Simon Drive Properties
Nature preserve
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 11 parks & preserves
- Yankee Expressway Highlands3 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Little League Field4 ac
- Garrigus Court Property4 ac
- Wolcott Dog Park2 ac · Directions
- Sunrise Park1 ac
- Wolcott Green1 ac
- Forest Lane Property1 ac
Who protects the land
303 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 29 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 4 of 7 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
- Baseball8
- Basketball3
- Tennis3
- Skate park1
- Softball1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Wolcott and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolcott | 2.3% | 20.1 mi | 11 |
| Waterbury | 5.3% | 24.8 mi | 30 |
| Southington | 8.6% | 69.0 mi | 16 |
| Bristol | 5.5% | 27.8 mi | 23 |
| Plymouth | 9.2% | 17.2 mi | 10 |
| Cheshire | 11.6% | 47.7 mi | 53 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Wolcott'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.