Trails Day 2009

National Trails Day will be held Saturday, June 6th and Sunday, June 7th this year, with over 130 events taking place throughout CT!  Join CFPA and the conservation community as we celebrate our landscape. Take a hike, walk, paddle, bike or horse ride at a Trails Day event and enjoy all that our beautiful state has to offer.

NEW:Browse the Trails Day Event Brochure online!  (or download the Trails Day Brochure PDF).

The Trails Day theme for 2009 is Take in the Outdoors!, an invitation to get outside and experience everything Connecticut's great outdoors has to offer. Events range from hiking and biking to paddling, horseback-riding, trail maintenance, orienteering, letterboxing - a great variety of fun activities for everyone to enjoy!

Connecticut Forest & Park Association (CFPA) has served as American Hiking Society's state coordinator for Trails Day since 1993. We're proud to say that, with enthusiastic participation by more than a hundred groups and organizations, Connecticut has consistently held the highest number of events of any state in the nation!

This year Trails Day events are scheduled to take place in 90 towns statewide. If you want to get outdoors and join one of the many Trails Day activities, check out our popular Trails Day brochure. If you'd like to be added to the brochure mailing list, send an e-mail to info@ctwoodlands.org with Trails Day 2009 in the subject line, or call CFPA at 860-346-2372.

Are you and your familiy participating in the DEP's Great Park Pursuit? On Friday, June 5, we'll reveal which Trails Day events are part of this program - don't forget to come back for a look!

Left: Beagsley & hiking friends on the Metacomet Trail. Photo by Trail Volunteer Chuck Sack.