Trail Changes & Relocations (ordered by Date)

Pachaug State Forest: Rt. 201 to Latham Road: Due to environmental impacts, trail blazes have been removed and this section of the Pachaug Trail will not be maintained by CFPA volunteers until further notice. Trail users may continue to access this area at their own risk. (Walk Book Map PC-5)

Where the Quinnipiac Trail goes onto Rocky Top then into the woods, new plans have not been established yet. Hikers that know the area still use that clear cutted area but we are recommending that hikers stay on Rocky Top Rd until Sherman Avenue then walk North on the bike path to West Woods Rd where they can pick up the Quinnipiac Trail again and continue towards Sleeping Giant State Park.

A trail re-route has been finished to eliminate part of the road walk from I-91 to Giuffrida Park.

The trail takes a right turn on Bell Street where it then reenters the woods to cross through Middlesex Land Trust land. The trail then emerges on Atkins Street where it eventually reenters the woods enroute to the north end of Chauncey Peak and finally on to Lamentation Mountain.  (Map MB-8b)

Notice: Regulated Deer Hunt Underway Adjacent to Tunxis Trail

This new trail connects the Metacomet Trail with a parking pull-over area on the south side of Route 6, west of the Metacomet Trail and east of Pinnacle Road in Farmington. (Parking is very limited along Route 6 at the Metacomet trail crossing.) 

As per Department of Public Health regulations, pets are not permitted on any parts of the Trail within the Centennial Watershed State Forest.

Due to unexpected logging on private property, a section of the Quinnipiac Trail at Rocky Top Road is no longer accessible. Most, if not all, of the trees marked with CFPA's distinctive blue blaze have been cut down and the trail route interrupted. Please plan your hike accordingly in order to avoid this area. For details of the original route, see page 227 of Connecticut Walk Book West. (Posted March 2008)

Hikers on the Zoar Trail are reminded to follow the alternate Blue/Yellow Dot Trail between April 15 and August 15 inclusive (Connecticut Walk Book West, page 62, 1.8 mile mark). Located in the lower Paugusset State Forest in Newtown, this forested section of the trail is closed during the spring and summer to protect nesting hawks and other vulnerable wildlife.

A previously closed 2.5-mile section of the Mattabesett Trail on Lamentation Mountain, between the Meriden/Berlin town line and Spruce Brook Road in Berlin, has been reopened. The reopened trail follows essentially the same route as before, with the following change: Starting from mile 10.6 (Connecticut Walk Book East, page 18; Connecticut Walk Book West, page 102) the trail description should now read as follows: Leave woods road following ridgeline. Bear right (10.8) from ridge, descend, and quickly cross woods road and continue descent.

In Connecticut Walk Book East, page 17, for directions to Country Club Road trailhead:

To reach Country Club Road trailhead: From I-91 exit 20, go east on Country Club Road. A small, two-car parking lot is located at the trailhead on the south side of Country Club Road, 0.25 mile from the I-91 northbound exit and entrance ramps.