Town Parks

• Cohantic Ledges –★★– <1 mile – Short overgrown trail to a Nipmuck wintering location
• Hampton Reservoir – Unblazed hiking trail that connects to Natchaug State Forest and boating/fishing
• Maurice and Rita Edwards Preserve –★★– 1.8 miles – Adjacent parcels to Goodwin State Forest with a overgrown truck

Land Trust

• Joshua’s Trust
  • Hemphill Woods –★★– 1.25 miles – Simple loop hike through several stone walls
  • H.E. Preston Nature Sanctuary –★★– 1 mile – Through an active agricultural field, down a hill to the Little River and back again
  • Warren Stone Preserve –★– No trails – Accessed by hiking down abandoned Fisk St there is a old farm road along the marsh
• Wolf Den Land Trust
  • Blue Flag Meadow –★★– 1.2 miles – Simple rough loop around the pond with access to the Air Line Trail
  • Ostby Memorial Forest –★★– 1.3 miles – Easy loop with a beaver pond view, old wells, and a stone foundation

State Parks / Forest

• Air Line Trail State Park– 6.8 miles run through town
  • Shoulder parking near 55 S Brook Rd Hampton, CT
  • Shoulder parking on Potter Rd Hampton, CT
  • Shoulder parking near 86-46 Estabrooks Rd Hampton, CT
  • Shoulder parking near 229 Station Rd Hampton, CT
  • Shoulder parking on Kenyon Rd Hampton, CT
• Goodwin State Forest –★★★★– 10 miles – Packed with trails, boating and fishing on Pine Acres Pond, Governor’s Island, and all the educational opportunities of Goodwin Conservation Education Center yet this park is still a quiet one
• Little River Wildlife Management Area – No trails – Preserves a section of the Little River
• Natchaug State Forest –★★★– 8 miles – Plenty of trails to explore in this old CCC camp plus fishing and swimming in the Natchaug River

Blue Blaze

• Natchaug Trail
  • Natchaug Trail Southern Terminus –★★– From the root covered shore of Pine Acres Lake through the pines and into Chaplin

The Rest

• Edwin Way Teale Trail Wood Sanctuary –★★★– 5 miles – A popular bird watching spot with a writer’s cabin, beaver pond, and interesting trails

• Hampton Reservoir – 88 acre pond for boating or fishing
• Pine Acres Lake – 190 acre lake though the northern half is marshy and usually too low for access