Best Easy Day Hikes Fairfield County

by Steve Mirsky

Overview

Best Easy Day Hikes Fairfield County includes concise descriptions of the best short hikes in the area, with detailed maps of the routes. The 20 hikes in this guide are generally short, easy to follow, and guaranteed to please.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762754366
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	09/01/2009
Series:	Best Easy Day Hikes Series
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	1,066,896
Product dimensions:	4.20(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Steve Mirsky is an avid outdoors man who has lived in Connecticut for most of his 36 years. From the Metacomet and Tunxis Trails in the northwest corner, to the little known Mohegan Trail that passes through the Mashantucket Pequot Reservation in Uncasville, to the 9-mile Larkin State Park beginning in Naugatuck and winding into the fast disappearing wilds of Fairfield County, Steve has covered many a bend, overlook, and rock outcropping on trails throughout the Nutmeg State on foot, snowshoes, and skis when the snow sticks around long enough.

Steve has over 2 years experience as a freelance writer covering destination features, many of them focusing on outdoor attractions like Highline Park, a once abandoned elevated rail tressel above New York City's busiest streets now converted into an urban greenway for American Forest Magazine; kayaking the wide open aquamarine waters of Mariah Harbour National Park off Great Exuma in the Bahamas for GoNomad.com; and giving a first hand account of how The Wulff School of Fly Fishing in New York's Catskills keeps the intricate sport of fly fishing alive.

Steve is also a regular blogger for Planeteye.com covering the latest local news, restaurant reviews, and unique cultural offerings in NYC. His other articles have covered Brooklyn's Boro Park, the country's largest Orthodox Jewish neighborhood; "The International Express", a hugely diverse conglomeration of neighborhoods in Queens, and Long Island's North Fork and the Hamptons.

By day, Steve is a law reference librarian at the Connecticut State Library and lives in Hartford Connecticut.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments viii

Introduction 1

How to Use This Guide 8

Trail Finder 10

Map Legend 12

The Hikes

1 Mootry Peak Lookout Loop 13

2 Lillinonah Trail 17

3 Lake Zoar Trail 22

4 Indian Well State Park 26

5 Squantz Pond State Park 31

6 Bear Mountain Reservation 35

7 Seth Low Pierrepont State Park Reserve 39

8 Putnam Memorial State Park 44

9 Collis P. Huntington State Park 48

10 Webb Mountain Park 52

11 Audubon Society of Greenwich 56

12 Mianus River Park 61

13 Sherwood Island State Park 65

14 Devil's Den Preserve 69

15 Saugatuck Valley Trail 74

16 Trout Brook Valley Conservation Area 79

17 Connecticut Audubon Society at Fairfield 84

18 Pequonnock Valley Greenway 88

19 Jennings Beach-Fairfield Beach 93

20 Stratford Seawall Overlook-Short Beach Park 97

Day Hiker Checklist 102

About the Author 103

Editorial Reviews

Connecticut's Fairfield County is exceptionally wealthy and exceptionally beautiful. This 96-page, budget-priced hiking guide will gain you access to the latter attribute with its clear delineation of 20 diverse routes in the area.