Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Weather 3
Flora and Fauna 4
Wilderness Restrictions/Regulations 6
Trail Navigation 7
How to Use This Guide 9
How to Use the Maps 10
Trail Finder 11
Map Legend 14
Western Connecticut 15
Northwest Connecticut Trails 16
1 Mount Frissell 16
2 Appalachian National Scenic Trail 23
3 Falls Brook Trail, Tunxis State Forest 29
4 Windsor Locks Canal State Park Trail 34
5 Enders Falls Trail 39
6 Peoples State Forest 43
7 Great Pond State Forest 48
8 Burr Pond State Park 53
9 Mohawk Mountain State Forest 58
10 Metacomet Trail, Talcott Mountain 64
11 Macedonia Brook State Park 70
12 Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area 75
13 Ragged Mountain Preserve Trail 80
Honorable Mentions, Northwest Connecticut 85
A Farmington Canal Heritage Trail, Granby to Simsbury 85
B McLean Game Refuge 85
C Northwest Park 86
D Sharon Audubon Center 86
E Roaring Brook Nature Center 86
F White Memorial Foundation, Nature Trails 87
G White Memorial Foundation, Mattatuck-Five Ponds Hike 87
H Mount Tom State Park 88
I Farmington River Trail 88
J Hill-Stead Museum Trails 89
K Shade Swamp Sanctuary 89
L Pratt Nature Center 90
M Lovers Leap State Park 90
Southwest Connecticut Trails 91
14 Lillinonah Trail 91
15 Southford Falls State Park 96
16 Kettletown State Park 101
17 Zoar Trail 107
18 Farmington Canal Heritage Trail, Cheshire to New Haven 113
19 Sleeping Giant State Park, Tower Hike 118
20 Sleeping Giant State Park, White Trail to Violet Trail Loop 122
21 Mattabesett Trail: Millers Pond to Coginchaug Cave; Bluff Head 127
22 Cockaponset State Forest 133
23 Collis P. Huntington State Park 139
24 Regicides Trail 144
25 Devil's Den Preserve 150
Honorable Mentions, Southwest Connecticut 155
N River Highlands State Park 155
O Larkin State Park Trail 155
P Wadsworth Falls State Park 156
Q Millers Pond State Park Reserve 156
R Tarrywile Park 157
S Saugatuck Valley and Aspetuck Valley Trails 157
T Chatfield Hollow State Park 158
U Cockaponset State Forest, Weber Tract 158
V Roy and Margot Larsen Wildlife Sanctuary 158
W Greenwich Audubon Society 159
X Westwoods Preserve 159
Y McKinney National Wildlife Refuge, Salt Meadows Unit 160
Eastern Connecticut 161
Northeast Connecticut Trails 162
26 Bigelow Hollow State Park 162
27 Mashamoquet Brook State Park 168
28 Case Mountain Recreation Area, White Carriageway Loop 173
29 Nipmuck Trail, Fenton River 178
30 James L. Goodwin State Forest 183
Honorable Mentions, Northeast Connecticut 188
Z Shenipsit Trail, Soapstone Mountain 188
AA Major Michael Donnelly Land Preserve 188
AB Risley Pond 189
AC Hop River State Park Trail 189
AD Trail Wood, Edwin Way Teale Memorial Sanctuary 189
AE Baffin Nature Sanctuary 190
AF Gay City State Park 190
AG Mansfield Hollow State Park 191
Southeast Connecticut Trails 192
31 Air Line National Recreation Trail, East Hampton to Columbia 192
32 Salmon River Trail 198
33 Pachaug State Forest, Pachaug-Quinebaug Loop 203
34 Devil's Hopyard State Park 211
35 Green Fall Pond, Narragansett-Nehantic-Pachaug Hike 217
36 Hartman Recreational Park, Heritage Trail 222
37 Nayantaquit Trail/Uncas Pond 227
38 Bluff Point State Park and Coastal Reserve 232
39 Barn Island Wildlife Management Area 237
Honorable Mentions, Southeast Connecticut 243
AH Shenipsit Trail, Great Hill Hike 243
AI Hurd and George Dudley Seymour State Parks 243
AJ Machimoodus State Park 244
AK Poquetanuck Cove Preserve 244
AL Gillette Castle State Park 244
AM Selden Creek Preserve 245
AN The Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve 245
AO Haley Farm State Park 246
Rhode Island 247
40 George Washington Management Area, Walkabout Trail 249
41 George B. Parker Woodland 255
42 Tillinghast Pond Management Area 258
43 East Bay Bike Path 264
44 Breakheart Pond-Mount Tom Loop, with Ben Utter Spur 269
45 Great Swamp Management Area 275
46 Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge 280
47 Vin Gormley Trail 285
48 Ninigret Conservation Area, East Beach Hike 290
49 Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge 294
50 Block Island, North Island Hiking 299
Honorable Mentions, Rhode Island 304
AP Blackstone River Bikeway 304
AQ Lime Rock Preserve (Aust Family Preserve at Lime Rock) 304
AR Pachaug Trail 304
AS Browning Mill Pond 305
AT Chafee Nature Preserve 305
AU Norman Bird Sanctuary 306
AV Carolina Management Area 306
AW Francis C. Carter Memorial Preserve 307
AX Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge 307
Clubs & Trail Groups 308
About the Authors 309
