Auerfarm provides unique wildlife and rare opportunities to explore nature in a densely populated region, as well as hands-on education for families and 4-H programs.

Aicher Preserve, located in Pomfret, is a quiet, wooded area offering beautiful views overlooking the countryside.

Stretching across eastern Connecticut from Thompson to East Hampton, the Air Line State Park Trail is a linear trail which dates from the railway built in the 1870s. 

Aldridge Park offers woodland trails with many outcroppings of ledge, boulder fields, glacial erratics and stone walls.

Alice Newton Street Memorial Park and connecting trails provide walkers of all ages with easy access to the varied flora and fauna of Woodbridge, and the nearby Wepawaug Falls. 

Allanach-Wolf Woodlands offers views of Lake Marie near the entrance, and the Ballymahack Brook near the end of the trail.

The Ansonia Nature Trail Network consists of multiple linking trails from the Ansonia Nature Center to the Mead School.

Ansonia River walk is a flat, paved trail that runs along both sides of the Naugatuck River.

51 miles of the world-famous Appalachian Trail traverse the mountains and valleys of Connecticut's northwest corner. 

The trails at the Atkinson Family Preserve and Thompson Brook Preserve offer an easy-moderate hike with occasional exposed rocks and roots through a forest of rock features, vernal pools and various wildlife.