Recreation and Public Places

Overlook Park is a park located near downtown Bethel with interesting terrain and a picnic area.  Hikes around the property wind through commanding... Read More

The Bethel Land Trust worked with the Redding Land Trust in the initial stages of development to find the best site for an... Read More

In 2013, the Town of Bethel acquired 72 acres of former farm land from the Franc family and designated it as protected open... Read More

2023 brings a new 4.7-acre acquisition thanks to the cooperation of its previous landowners, Richard and Debbie Sutton, and the generous financial contributions... Read More

Skyedge was donated by Target Corporation in Bethel in 2004. It is 3 acres of mixed meadow and mixed hardwood forest. There are... Read More

Donated by Paul Plishner in 1979. 8 acres of successional oak and maple forest with slightly rolling land. Walkable woods. It currently has... Read More

Donated by James MacNicholl in 2006. Short, flat trail crosses small brook to area between 2 ponds on 1.5 acres  

Donated by John F. Miller in 2013. 10 acres It shares a parking lot with the Wolf Pits preserve. Has marked trails. Mixed... Read More

Ivy Island is a land-locked 4.7 acres preserve donated by Dolores Walter in 1996. The preserve indeed is an island, a late succession, wetland... Read More

1 acre donated by Anthony and Margaret Hoyt. Oak and hickory bisected by brook. Stone wall on right connects to 72 acre Franc... Read More

The Enchanted Trail stretches across Wolfpit Preserve, the Bethel Educational park, Boardwalk, and into East Swamp and eventually connects to the Bennet Property,... Read More

Arrowhead Preserves – comprises of two separate parcels, one 10.662 acres, the other 4.42 acres, donated by Arrowhead Hills, LLC in 1999. Both... Read More