Popular Biking and Hiking Trails in Connecticut
Connecticut offers many biking and hiking trails so get out and explore them.. And, get some exercise too! Here are a few suggestions for you.
Dinosaur State Park, Rocky Hill. The park features free parking, an exhibit center, bathrooms and picnic tables. If you like dinosaurs, you’ll love the 200 million-year-old fossil trackway, interactive exhibits and the chance to cast your own dinosaur footprint to take home.
Bluff Point State Park and Coastal Reserve, Groton. Visit the reserve and park to enjoy the delightful mixture of wooded hiking and biking trails.as well as spectacular wildlife viewing on Long Island Sound.
Devil’s Hopyard State Park, East Haddam. The park offers free parking, picnic tables, and a fish platform as well as hiking and bicycling trails.
Hammonasset State Park, Madison. Connecticut’s largest shoreline park offers over 2 miles of beach to enjoy swimming, strolling along the boardwalk, or just relaxing in the sun and surf. It is also a great place to bike and hike.
Haley Farm State Park, Groton . The park has been preserved as open space and is used for passive recreational purposes. A 0.8 mile bike trail winds its way through the scenic old shoreline farm. The Haley Farm Bike trail is part of a 7 1/2 mile town-owned bikeway routed from Mystic to Groton.
Mohawk Mountain State Forest, Cornwall/Goshen. View the rugged hills of this wildlife sanctuary or visit black spruce bog to experience a unique plant community. From 1,683 foot Mohawk Mountain you can see forever.
Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden. Two miles of mountaintop resembling a sleeping giant give this park its name, and make it a distinguishing feature on Connecticut’s skyline.
Talcott Mountain State Park, Simsbury. The Tower Trail is 1.25 miles long and takes approximately 30-40 minutes. The beautifully appointed Heublein family dining room awaits hikers at the top of the mountain in the Heublein tower.
This is only a partial listing of biking and hiking trails.