Explore Windsor, CT
Windsor at a Glance
Part of Hartford County
If you’re looking for the best hiking trails in Windsor this is the complete guide to all the rivers, trails, and history it has to offer.
Windsor has 6 hiking areas for 6 miles of trails.
My Highlights
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Hiking
Town Parks
- Farmington River Park – Unexplored
- Millbrook Open Space – Unexplored
- Northwest Park – Unexplored
- Windsor Center River Trail –★★– 1.2 miles – Paved fitness loop along the Farmington River with occasional flooding
Land Trust
- None
State Parks / Forest
- Matianuck Natural Area Preserve – Unexplored
- Windsor Meadows State Park –★★– 0.75 miles – Short paved path near the river and a connection to the Captain John Bissell Trail
Blue Blaze
- None
The Rest
- None
Boating/Fishing
- Connecticut River
- Farmington River
- Windsor Town Boat Launch
- Rainbow Reservoir Boat Launch
- The Bean @266 – Great little coffee shop, open daily usually 6a-3p
Settled by a company from Plymouth Colony, arriving with the frame and materials of a trading house on their vessel Sept. 26, 1633. This house was set up, 80 to 100 rods below the mouth of the Farmington River, on a tract previously bought of the original Indian proprietors.
Before the summer of 1635, the settlers had bought Great Meadow, north of the Farmington, and placed cattle and servants on their lands. They sold out, 1637 and 1638, to Dorchester, Mass., settlers, who had arrived in their vicinity, 1635, and named their settlement Dorchester. It was named in 1637 from Windsor in Berkshire, now a royal residence.