New England Trails

Sleeping Giant State Park - just click the name of any trail on the Sleeping Giant label cloud over on the right side-bar.

The Connecticut Blue-Blazed Trails 
over 800 miles of hiking trails throughout Connecticut maintained by volunteers for the Connecticut Forest and Park Association
- American Legion Trails, Barkhamsted  10/28/2010
- Chatfield Trail, Killingworth  11/27/2010
- Lillinonah Trail, Newtown  8/14/2010
- Macedonia Brook, Kent  10/9/2010
- Mattabesett Trail -                                          
     River Road to Bear Hill Road, Middletown  6/13/2011
       Reservoir Loop Trail, Middletown  6/13/2011
     Bluff Head / Lone Pine Trail, Guilford  8/29/2010
     Beseck Ridge,  Middlefield  10/2/2010
     Mount Higby,  Middletown  12/19/2010
     Chauncey Peak and Giuffrida Park, Meriden  12/26/2010
      Chauncy Peak and Lamentation Mountain, Middletown to Berlin  6/4/2011
- Naugatuck Trail  Bethany to Beacon Falls  4/22/2011
- Nyantaquit Trail, Lyme  4/9/2011
- Paugussett Trail, Monroe to Shelton 5/7/2011
- Quinnipiac Trail -
     Quinnipiac River State Park, North Haven  8/21/2010
     Sleeping Giant Blue Trail, Hamden  5/1/2010
       West Woods Detour, Hamden  10/28/2011
     York Mountain, Hamden  6/12/2010
     Mount Sanford, Hamden  8/2/2010
     Roaring Brook Falls, Cheshire  5/8/2010
     North End - Route 68 to Rocky Top, Prospect to Hamden  9/26/2010
- Regicides Trail
    Regicides Trail, New Haven to Hamden 7/17/2010
    West Rock Ridge State Park  7/10/2010
- Salmon River Trail, Colchester  11/13/2010
- Scovill Rock Trail, Middletown  6/13/2011
- Stony Brook Trails, Branford  3/19/2011 - 
- Westwoods Trails, Guilford  9/12/2010 - 
- Zoar Trail, Newtown  9/5/2010
    Prydden Brook Trail  3/13/2011

and other trails:
 - Round Top Mountain   Kennebec Highlands, Maine  7/30/2010
 - Bear Mtn, Mt. Frissell, Brace Mtn  CT, MA, NY Tri-state corner  10/17/2010
 - Southford Falls State Park trails,   Oxford, CT  11/9/2011 

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