The Copp Family Park

• Cost: free
• Hours of operation: 6am – 8pm
• Kid friendly: yes
• Pet friendly: yes, leashed
• Parking: parking lot
• Website: http://www.groton-ct.gov/depts/parksrec/Parks/coppproperty.asp

My experience: My husband and I went at 9am on a Saturday morning. There were only a couple other cars there at first. The dog park is less than a 2 minute walk from the parking lot. No one was there at the time. There is a small and big dog park. Both are pretty big in size. There are a couple of picnic benches and some trees. By 10am, when we were wrapping up, there were a few more people who had arrived and had dogs.

We followed the yellow trail (right trail at the fork), then took the green trail to the purple, which connected back to the green and yellow trails (see photo of map below). That took about an hour. We only passed by 3 people until we got back to the parking lot. The yellow trail is very easy – flat, wide, grassy or dirt trail. The green trail was also easy, but through more trees and a little more narrow. The purple trail was easy medium. There were some small hills, more roots and rocks to walk over, and a bit more narrow. That path seems to be less travelled, because we walked through some cobwebs. The trail colors are marked on the trees. There are other side trails that you can take that are not mapped.

Overall, it’s nice and easy. Very convenient for us, since it’s a two minute drive from our house. I plan to go during the week to bring my pup to the dog park.

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¹⁹ For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. ²⁰ For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.

Romans 1:19 – 20 ESV