Each hiking trail is color coded and blazed. The White Trail starts by the greenhouse or can be accessed in the Parks Pond area. The trail leads around the pond and is perfect for a short hike with few hills. It is not meant for strollers since it mainly consists of dirt paths with roots and rocks to step over.
The Blue Trail comes off of the White Trail and leads further into the Park for hikers who are a little more advanced. Options are a longer and more challenging hike by following the Blue Trail to the end where it comes out by Parks Pond and the hayfields, or catching the Green Trail for a shorter and less challenging hike.
The Yellow Trail is an offshoot of the Blue Trail and is for the experienced hiker. It climbs up a steep incline to Mootry Point then down and around Tarrywile Lake to come out by the Pond and hayfields.
The Orange Trail is located on the east side of the main Park area and is often used by the neighboring horse farm. In years past it was used as a ski slope which gives an indication of the type of hike.
The trails are open to the public year round (weather permitting) and free of charge. The park closes at sunset. Tarrywile Park is also part of the multi-town Ives Trail & Greenway. Trail conditions vary depending on seasonal conditions and natural occurrences. Since the trails are intended for passive recreational use only, hiking or riding the trails is at the user’s own risk. Please remember to do a tick check when back home!
Trails take visitors through vast open fields with spectacular views, or past natural patches of blueberries, blackberries, and strawberries, or over rugged, rocky terrain. A turn in the path may bring an encounter with a whitetail buck, chipmunk, rabbit, partridge, pheasant, or a red fox crossing the way - or other travelers on foot or even on horseback. Fishermen cast into the glistening waters of Parks Pond for pumpkinseed, bullheads, panfish or kingfish. The lake is also home to frogs and various snakes as well as mallard and wood ducks, geese, and even magnificent swans. Many native birds, such as pileated woodpeckers, hawks, turkeys, or vultures, that also make Tarrywile their home. Along its trails, Tarrywile Park also possesses some of nature’s finest landscaping. There are majestic old trees, hillsides of mountain laurel, pine forests, and fields of wildflowers. In the eastern limits of the park, minerals such as quartz and feldspar, or metamorphic rocks such as marble and limestone can be discovered.
Tarrywile Park also includes the Tarrywile Mansion, probably the finest Shingle Style house in the city. For more information, including events and rental options for weddings, retirement etc., please see the Tarrywile Park and Mansion website.
Tarrywile Park is available for field trips or for use as an outdoor classroom. Please call the office at (203) 744-3130 for additional information.
Tarrywile Park offers all terrain wheelchair hikes by reservation and will have 5 scheduled hikes in 2026. Please call the office at (203) 744-3130 for additional information.
Take Exit 3 for CT-7 South. From Route 7, take Exit 7 toward Danbury Airport and turn left onto Sugar Hollow Road, then turn left again onto Wooster Heights Road. Cross under I-84 and continue on Wooster Heights Road. After about 0.8 miles, turn right onto Southern Boulevard. After 0.6 miles, turn right to stay on Southern Boulevard. Park entrance will be on the right.
Take Exit 17B for CT-7 North. Or from I-95, take Exit 15 for CT-7 North. From Route 7, take Exit 7 toward Danbury Airport and turn right onto Wooster Heights Road. After about 0.8 miles, turn right onto Southern Boulevard. After 0.6 miles, turn right to stay on Southern Boulevard. Park entrance will be on the right.
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