From riversides to hill country to the seaside on Long Island sound, Connecticut has many wonderful places for walking and hiking. City walks can take you into the historic corners of New Haven and Hartford and the dining and shopping corner known as SoNo in South Norwalk. Gardens are abundant in city parks and in rural areas. The state parks alone could provide a lifetime of great hikes for kids, adults, older people, in all seasons of the year.
Strolling or hiking, you’ll walk through history, and nature, in this historic town
Route 20 East Granby, CT Phone: 860-346-2372
Off Quarry Road Guilford, CT Phone:
613 Riversville Road Greenwich, CT Phone: 203-869-5272
204 Stillman Hill Road Colebrook, CT Phone:
200 Mount Carmel Avenue Hamden, CT, 06518 Phone: 203-287-5658
Departing from locations on or near Foxwoods Resort Ledyard, CT Phone:
Main Street Moosup, CT Phone:
Route 85 Hebron, CT Phone: 860-295-9523
Birch Road Mansfield-Storrs, CT, 06268 Phone:
Route 61 and Bellamy Lane Bethlehem, CT Phone:
2065 Thomaston Road Watertown, CT, 06795 Phone: 860-283-8088
CT Route 185 (Hartford Road) at Summit Ridge Drive Simsbury, CT, 06070 Phone: 860-242-1158
Heulbein Tower is popular for hiking, picnicking
462 Kent Cornwall Road (Route 7) Kent, CT, 06757 Phone: 860-927-3238
Near McCook Point Park, 8 Atlantic Avenue Niantic, CT Phone:
10 Deerfield Lane Ansonia, CT, 06401 Phone: 203-736-1053
175 Shrub Road Bristol, CT Phone: 860-589-6082
Snow Hill Road Union, CT, 06076 Phone: 860-346-2372
Route 202 at Mount Tom Road Washington Depot, CT, 06794 Phone: 860-567-8870
Route 77 and Fire Tower Road (north of Bluff Head Cemetery) Guilford, CT, 06437 Phone:
56 Deer Run Road Ridgefield, CT Phone: 203-762-7280
244 West Main Street (Route 156) East Lyme, CT, 06357 Phone: 860-739-5471
Route 185, Simsbury Road Bloomfield, CT Phone: 860-566-2304
487 North Brooksvale Road (Route 42) Cheshire, CT, 06410 Phone: 203-272-2743
151 Brookdale Road Stamford, CT, 06903 Phone: 203-322-6971
384 Burr Mountain Road Torrington, CT, 06790 Phone: 860-482-1817
314 Unquowa Road Fairfield, CT, 06824 Phone: 203-259-0416
366 Hopyard Road East Haddam, CT, 06423 Phone: 860-873-8566
Depot Road Groton, CT Phone: 860-444-7591
entrances off Hosley Avenue Branford, CT Phone: 203-401-2654
entrances off Hosley Avenue Branford, CT Phone: 203-401-2654
Flanders Road Woodbury, CT Phone: 203-263-3711
1325 Main Street Glastonbury, CT Phone:
325 Cornwall Bridge Road / Route 4 Sharon, CT, 06069 Phone: 860-364-0520
76 Lake Drive Madison, CT, 06443 Phone:
Route 272 to Campbell Falls Road Norfolk, CT Phone:
999 W. Main Street Meriden, CT, 06451 Phone: 203-630-4259
298 Bigelow Hollow Road - Route 171 Union, CT, 06076 Phone: 860-424-3200
Palmer Neck Road Pawcatuck, CT Phone:
41 Cold Spring Street New Haven, CT, 06511 Phone: 203-946-6086
80 Whitehall Road Litchfield, CT, 06759 Phone: 860-567-0857
Cary Road Greenwich/Stamford border, CT Phone: 203-977-4692
144 Oenoke Ridge New Canaan, CT, 06840 Phone: 203-966-9577
70 Gracey Road Canton, CT Phone: 860-693-0263
23 Potter Road - Off US Route 6 Hampton, CT, 06247 Phone: 860-424-3200
Bull's Bridge Road Kent, CT Phone:
Route 69 Burlington, CT Phone: 860-675-8130
Mansfield Grove Road East Haven, CT Phone: 203-287-5658
Between Center Hill Road (CT Route 181) and East River Road Barkhamsted, CT, 06063 Phone: 860-379-2469
Route 41 three miles north of Salisbury Salisbury, CT Phone:
Breakneck Hill Middlebury, CT Phone: 203-263-3711
Dennis Road Pomfret, CT Phone: 203-568-6270
123 Mad River Road Wolcott, CT Phone: 203-879-8100
2325 Burr Street Fairfield, CT Phone: 203-259-6305
2 Lighthouse Road New Haven, CT, 06512 Phone:
Route 219 West Granby, CT Phone: 860-379-2469
Open: Year round.
Cedar Lake Road Chester, CT, 06412 Phone: 860-424-3200
Tomlinson & Laurel Ridge roads Seymour, CT Phone:
Mine Hill Road Roxbury, CT, 06783 Phone:
Oregon Road and River Road South Meriden, CT, 06451 Phone:
Edgewood Avenue New Haven, CT, 06511 Phone: 203-946-8028
1 Indian Well Road Shelton, CT, 06484 Phone: 203-735-4311
218 Day Road Pomfret Center, CT Phone: 860-928-4948
1400 George's Hill Road (Off I-84 at Exit 15) Southbury, CT, 06488 Phone: 860-424-3200
Begins the Town Green, 10 Park Street Plymouth, CT Phone: 860-585-4001
276 Mashamoquet Road Pomfret Center, CT, 06259 Phone: 860-928-6121
Oak Grove Street Manchester, CT Phone: 860-643-0949
10 Woodside Lane Westport, CT, 06880 Phone: 203-557-4400
178 Short Woods Road New Fairfield, CT, 06810 Phone: 203-312-5023
Pudding Hill Road (Route 97) three miles south of Route 6 Scotland, CT Phone: 203-568-6270
State Route 272 Norfolk, CT Phone:
67 River Road East Haddam, CT, 06423 Phone: 860-526-2336
33 Pent Road Weston, CT, 06883 Phone: 203-226-4991
Route 53 Redding, CT Phone: 203-452-3511
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