Places and Activities
Here is a list of all the Groton Trails places you might like to visit. The trail maps accompanying each property description can be used with a smartphone to show your location or to get directions.
Hiking on trails offers numerous benefits, including improved physical health, mental well-being, and environmental benefits. Physically, hiking can improve cardiovascular health, strengthen muscles and bones, and enhance balance and coordination. Mentally, it can reduce stress, anxiety, and depression, while also improving mood and cognitive function. Environmentally, trails provide protected natural spaces that support wildlife habitat, carbon sequestration, and air filtration. All of our trails provide opportunities for bird watching, spotting wildlife, leaf peeping and more. Use the Activities filter to find some curated trail suggestions for specific activities.
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Academy Hill
Academy Hill is a wooded open space around the Academy Hill subdivision that offers peaceful wooded scenery. The trail begins off Cherry Tree Ln.…
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Amanda’s Way
Half-mile of trails. Amanda’s Way connects with Skinner Forest. The other path is a very steep out-and-back trail that follows the spine of a…
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Baddacook Conservation Land
The western part of this parcel is a large hemlock forest and the eastern part follows beneath the New England Power Company powerlines. Extensive…
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Baddacook Woods
A small parcel at the end of Allen’s Trail that connects to Groton Conservation Trust’s Carter’s Folly parcel. Note: The trails in Baddacook Woods…
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Bertozzi Conservation Area
This forested area provides for excellent fishing, hunting, river views, and recreation. Surrounding it to the west, north, and south is the very large…
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Blackman Woods and Field
One-mile, easy walk with beautiful views of fields and wetlands, teaming with wildlife. Look for Paul Matisse’s Forest Bells: 6 aluminum bells, in the…
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C.L. Bennett Family Conservation Area
The southern part of this parcel is an open field while the larger northern part is forested. No trails have been formally identified on…
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Carter’s Folly
A short connector trail that connects the Allen’s Trail neighborhood with conservation lands along Lost Lake Rd. Across Rte. 40 from Allen’s Trail, about…
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Casella Preserve
The Casella trail system connects Nashua Road with the G-D High School. Trailheads at each end have parking. Two trail loops traverse atop adjacent…
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Cronin/Longley I & II
Two miles of single-track trails connecting Longley I, Cronin, and Longley II CAs and Nashua River Rail Trail. Glacial river delta sand dune on…
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