Home › Connecticut › New Milford
Running trails in New Milford, CT
New Milford has 9 trails in the directory — 2 on crushed gravel or dirt, 1 with a stated distance, and 1 open 24 hours. 6 of them post opening hours, so you can check the gate before an early start. They're ranked here by rating weighted by review volume, across 972 Google reviews. Filter by surface, loop, distance, shade or lighting to get to the run you're actually planning — no made-up difficulty score, just the facts you'd check before driving out.
Lovers Leap State Park
4.6 ★★★★★ 715 reviews
Naturalistic park with walking trails leading past century-old industrial ruins.
New Milford River Trail
4.6 ★★★★★ 95 reviews
Park offering kid-friendly hikes, as well as biking and walking trails.
Clatter Valley Park
4.5 ★★★★★ 92 reviews
Large park featuring a disc golf course and cricket grounds.
Sega Meadows Park
4.3 ★★★★☆ 12 reviews
Nostrand Trail
4 ★★★★☆ 6 reviews
New Milford River Trail
3 ★★★☆☆ 2 reviews
Pond Meadow / Still River Nature Preserve
5 ★★★★★ 1 reviews
No trails match those filters.
How to pick a trail in New Milford
- Match the surface to your legs. New Milford gives you a choice: 1 crushed gravel and 1 natural surface. Asphalt and concrete are fast, predictable and runnable year-round but the least forgiving; crushed limestone and dirt take the sting out of high mileage; boardwalk is flat and scenic but slick in the wet. If your shins or knees are complaining, the fix that actually works is varying the surface you run on rather than chasing one "best" one. More crushed gravel trails →
- Loop or out-and-back? A loop finishes back at the car with no backtracking; on an out-and-back you simply turn round at half your distance. The longest stated distance in New Milford is New Milford River Trail at 55 mi. 1 trail is long enough for a 5-mile-plus run without repeating yourself.
- Check the hours before a 6am run. 1 trail in New Milford is open 24 hours — the rest can sit inside a park that gates at dusk and doesn't unlock until well after sunrise. 6 of the 9 listings carry posted opening hours — worth a look before you set an alarm.
- Long run? Check water and restrooms first. 4 have trailhead parking and 1 has restrooms in New Milford. Anything over an hour and those stop being nice-to-haves — and in summer, shade counts double.
- The small things that decide it. 2 that runners describe as quiet and 3 dog-friendly. Busy or quiet isn't a good-or-bad thing here: a busy path is the safer choice for a solo run at dawn, a quiet one is better for intervals.
More on all of this in the trail-running guides.
Browse New Milford trails by type
Running trails near New Milford
Worth the short drive — the closest towns with trails in the directory.