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Search hiking trails in Connecticut. The best hike in Connecticut is Mount Carmel via Blue Trail and Tower Trail, a 2.9 mile loop in Sleeping Giant State Park.


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  1. 1
    Mount Carmel via Blue Trail and Tower Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ EASY 2.9 mi
  2. 2
    ~2.3-mi loop hike in Doctor Francis Giuffrida Park
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ EASY 2.3 mi
  3. 3
    Blue Cockaponset Trail and blue/yellow Loop
    ★ ★ ★ EASY 2.5 mi
  4. 4
    Mt Washington State Forest via Mt. Fissell Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ EASY 3.1 mi
  5. 5
    stake Loop via and Metacomet Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ EASY 4.1 mi
  6. 6
    Metacomet Trail
    ★ ★ EASY 4.9 mi
  7. 7
    ~4-mi Loop Hike in Doctor Francis Giuffrida Park
    ★ ★ ★ ★ EASY 4.0 mi
  8. 8
    Menunkatuck Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ EASY 2.4 mi
  9. 9
    Mount Carmel
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ EASY 4.8 mi
  10. 10
    Undermountain Trail and Appalachian Trail Loop
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ DIFFICULT 8.2 mi

Cockaponset State Forest
Devils Den
McLean Game Refuge
Penwood State Park
Hidden Valley Preserve
Millers Pond State Park
Trout Brook Valley
Paugussett State Forest
Northern Connecticut Land Trust
Case Mountain Park
James L. Goodwin State Forest
Peoples State Forest
Pachuag State Forest
Sleeping Giant State Park
Rockland Preserve
Millers Pond State Park Scenic Reserve
Chatfield Hollow State Park
Mary Edwards Mountain Property
Mianus River Park
Collis P. Huntington State Park
Audubon Center Bent of the River Sanctuary
East Rock Park
Black Rock State Park
Ayers Gap Preserve (Bailey's Ravine)
Hammonasset Beach State Park
George C. Waldo State Park Scenic Reserve
Bluff Point State Park
Lake Mohegan Recreation Area
Naugatuck State Forest - Mount Sanford Block
Shenipsit State Forest

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