Mountain Bike Connecticut - Trail Reviews including Maps and Pics
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| Ride # | Type of ride (XC if none) | Riding Area | Town | Location |  |
Difficulty | Pics | Map/GPS | Local Bike Shop Sponsor |
| 1 | Avon Old farms / Fisher Meadows | Avon | NW | 2.3 |
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Y | Y | Cycling Concepts | |
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Barlow Mountain | Ridgefield | ||||||
| 1b | Beacon Falls - Naugatuck State Forest | Beacon Falls | SE | 3.01 |
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Y | Y | CheshireCycle | |
| 2 | Bigellow Hollow | Union | NE | 3.5 |
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Y | Y | Vernon Cycle | |
| 3 |
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Black Rock S.P. | Watertown | NW | |||||
| 4 | Bluff Point | Groton | SE | 3 |
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Y | Y | Clarke Cycles | |
| 5 | Boneyard | Meriden | SW | 3.9 |
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Y | Y | CheshireCycle | |
| 6 | Branford Supply Ponds | Branford | SE | 2.35 |
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Y | Y | Clarke Cycles | |
| 6a | Branford Trail | Branford - Guilford | SE | NR | Y | Y | |||
| 7 | Brooksvale | Cheshire | SW | 3.11 |
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Y | Y | CheshireCycle | |
| 7a | Burr Pond | Burrville | NW | 2.4 |
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N | Y | The Cutting Edge | |
| 7b | Burr Farm | Brookfield | NW | .6 |
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Y | The Cutting Edge | ||
| 8 | Case Mountain | Manchester | NE | 3.85 |
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Y | Y | Bicycles East | |
| 9 | Cannondale Research | Bethel | SW | N/R | N/R | N | Y | ||
| 10 | Castle Craig | Meriden / Southington | SW | 3.25 |
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Y | Y | Cycling Concepts | |
| 11 | Chatfield Hollow | Killingworth | SE | 3.5 |
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Y | Y | North Haven Bike | |
| 11A | Chatfield Trail | Killingworth | SE | 1.5 |
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Y | Y | ||
| 12 | Cockaponset - south (Pattaconk Reservoir) | Chester - Haddam | SE | 3.1 |
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Y | Y | Clarke Cycles | |
| 13 | Crandle's Park | Tolland | NE | 2.1 |
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Y | Y | Vernon Cycle | |
| 14 | Cranberry Park | Norwalk | SW | 2.45 |
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Y | Y | ||
| 14A | Crescent Lake | Southington | SW | 3.84 |
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Y | Y | CheshireCycle | |
| 15 | Cromwell Creek 187 | Cromwell | SE | 3.07 | |
Y | Y | ||
| 15a | XS | Day Pond State park (In Salmon River State forest) | Colchester | 4.2 |
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Y | Y | Cycling Concepts | |
| 15b |
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Deadwood - mitchell hill rd between sleu + josie perkins - See Crankfire.com for now!! | Lyme | ||||||
| 16 | Deep River - Canfield Hollow - Book hill woods | Deep River | S | 3.25 |
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Y | Y | The Cutting Edge | |
| 17 | Devils Hopyard | East Haddam | SE | 2.95 |
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Y | Y | Clarke Cycles | |
| 18 |
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Dennis Hill State Park | Norfolk | NW | |||||
| 19 | East Granby - Metacomet | East Granby | NW | 3.4 |
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Y | Y | Gravity Warehouse | |
| East Rock Ridge | |||||||||
| 19a | Genesee Recreation area | Guilford - Madison | 1.2 |
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Y | Y | |||
| 20 | Goodwin State Forest | Hampton | NE | 3.35 |
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Y | Y | Vernon Cycle | |
| 21 | XS | Grayville | Hebron | NE | 3.5 |
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Y | Y | Bicycles East |
| 22 | Gay city | Hebron | NE | 2.9 |
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Y | Y | Bicycles East | |
| 23 |
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Great Pond S.F. | Simsbury | NW | |||||
| 24 | Grindle Brook | Glastonbury | SE | 1 | |
Don't | Bother | ||
| 25 |
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Gungywamp (here its kind of abandoned) | SE | ||||||
| 26 | Hartmans Park | Salem | SE | 3.75 |
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Y | Y | Clarke Cycles | |
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Harwington Rec Center | ||||||||
| 26b | HedgeHog - West Moutnain - Onion Mtn | Simsbury | NW | 3.45 | |
Y | Y | Bikers Edge | |
| 26c | Honey Hill | Wilton | |||||||
| 27 | Hop Brook | Naugatuck | NW | 2.9 |
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Y | Y | CheshireCycle | |
| 28 | Huckleberry Hill | Avon | NW | 3.1 |
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Y | Y | Bikers Edge | |
| 29 | Huntington State Park | Bethel | SW | 3.29 |
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Y | Y | The Cutting Edge | |
| 30 | Hurd State Park | Middle Haddam | SE | 3.2 |
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Y | Y | Cycling Concepts | |
| 31 |
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Kent Falls S.P. | Kent | ||||||
| 32 | Kettletown S.P. | Southbury | NW |
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Y | Y | |||
| 32a | Lone Pine Trail | Guilford - Madison | 2 |
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Y | Y | The Cutting Edge | ||
| 33 | Loomis Loop | South Windsor | NE/NW | 1 |
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N | Y | The Cutting Edge | |
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| 34 |
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Macedonia S.P. (hiking only??) | Kent | NW | |||||
| 35 | Mansfield Hollow | Mansfield | NE | 3.007 |
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Y | Y | Vernon Cycle | |
| 36 | Mashomequet Brook S.P. | Pomfret | NE | 1.78 |
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Y | Y | ||
| 37 | Mattabasset middle | Middletown | SE | 3.1 |
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Y | Y | North Haven Bike | |
| 38 | Mattabasset north | Middletown | SE | 3.35 |
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N | Y | North Haven Bike | |
| 39 | Mattabasset northwest (Tri-Mountain) | Middletown | SE | 3.1 |
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N | Y | North Haven Bike | |
| 40 | Meshomasic north | Glastonbury | NE | 2.75 |
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Y | Y | Bicycles East | |
| 41 | Meshomasic | Marlboro | SE | 4.5 |
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Y | Y | Bicycles East | |
| 42 | Mianus River Park | Stamford / Greenwich | SW | 3.25 (prelim.) | |
Y | Y | ||
| 43 | Middlesex | Middletown | SE | 4.5 |
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Y | Y | Clarke Cycles | |
| 43a | XS | NEW Millers Pond state Park | Durham | SE | 4 ish |
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Y | Y | North Haven Bike |
| 44 | Mount higby | Meriden | SW | 3.35 |
plus |
Y | Y | North Haven Bike | |
| 45 | Mount southington / South Mountain | Southington / Wolcott | SW | 3.2 |
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Y | Y | Bikers Edge | |
| 45a | Nathan Hale State Forest | Andover | NE | 3.9 |
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Y | Y | Vernon Cycle | |
| 46 | Nassahegon | Burlington | NW | 3.75 |
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Y | Y | Bikers Edge | |
| 46a | Naugatuck State Forest (West) Tobys Rock Mountain - Seymour Reservoir | Naugatuck | 2.5 to 3.75 prelim | Y | Y | CheshireCycle | |||
| 47 | Nehantic S.F. | Lyme | SE | 2.25 | |
Y | Y | ||
| 48 | XS | Nepaug | Canton | NW | 4.25 |
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Y | Y | Cycling Concepts |
| 49 | Nipmuck mansfield hollow | Mansfield | NE | 3 | |
N | Y | Vernon Cycle | |
| 50 | Nipmuck Middle | Ashford | NE | 3 | |
Y | Y | Vernon Cycle | |
| 51 | Nipmuck Natchaug Loop | Ashford | NE | 3.5 |
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N | Y | Vernon Cycle | |
| 51a | Orchard Glen | Wallingford | 1 | Y | Y | ||||
| 52 | Osbornedale State Park | Derby | SW | 2.79 |
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Y | Y | ||
| 52a | Oswegatchie Hills - Dunkin Donuts Trail | Niantic | SE | 3.8 |
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Y | Y | The Cutting Edge | |
| 53 | Paugusset | Oxford | NW | NR | |
N | Y | Bikers Edge | |
| 54 | Pachaug | Voluntown | SE | 4.25 |
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Y | Y | ||
| 55 | Pachaug (Green Falls Area) | Voluntown | SE | 3.4 | |
Y | Y | ||
| 56 | Peoples | New Hartford | NW | 3.5 |
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Y | Y | Gravity Warehouse | |
| 57 | Penwood | Tarrifville | NW | 3.65 |
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Y | Y | Cycling Concepts | |
| 57a |
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Pine Ledges | Deep River | Link | |||||
| 58 | Powder ridge | Meriden | SW | 2.3 |
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Y | Y | North Haven Bike | |
| 59 |
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Pootatuck | New Fairfield | SW | |||||
| 59a | Quinnipiac River Trail | Y | Y | ||||||
| 60 | Ragged | Southington | SW | 3.6 | |
N | Y | CheshireCycle | |
| 61 | Rattlesnake Ledges | Chester | SE | 3.3 | |
Y | Y | The Cutting Edge | |
| 62 |
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Ratlum Ridge | |||||||
| 62a | Rockland Preserve | Madison | SE | 2 | |
Y | Y | ||
| 63 | Rocky Hill Quarry | Rocky Hill | SE | 1.45 |
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Y | Y | Cycling Concepts | |
| 64 | Salmon River | Haddam | SE | 3.3 | |
Y | Y | Bicycles East | |
| 65 | Schoolhouse Brook Park | Mansfield | NE | 3 | |
Y | Y | Vernon Cycle | |
| 65a |
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Shelton Lake | http://www.borntoexplore.org/trails/biking.htm for maps. | ||||||
| 66 | Soapstone (Shenipsit State Forest) | Ellington / Somers | NE | 4 |
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Y | Y | Vernon Cycle | |
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| 67 | South Mountain | Berlin | SW | 2.75 | |
Y | Y | CheshireCycle | |
| 68 |
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Southford Falls S.P. | Oxford | ||||||
| 69 | Spoonville - Metacomet | Tarrifville | NW | 3.09 | |
N | Y | Gravity Warehouse | |
| 69a |
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Spruce Ledge | Deep River | Link | |||||
| 71 | Stratton Brook | Simsburry | NW | .5 | |
N | Link | Bikers Edge | |
| 72 | Sun Valley | Stafford | NE | 2.8 | |
N | Y | Vernon Cycle | |
| 72a |
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Squantz - Pootatuck | Y | ||||||
| 73 | Talcott Mountain S.P. | Avon | NW | 2.8 |
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Y | Y | Bikers Edge | |
| 74 | Tarrywile Park | Danbury | NW | 2.1 |
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Y | Y | Bikers Edge | |
| Thompson Dam | |||||||||
| 75 | Timberland | North Guilford | SE | 3.21 |
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Y | Y | North Haven Bike | |
| 76 | Trout Brook - Aspetuck Land Trust | Easton | SW | 3.20 |
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Y | Y | CheshireCycle | |
| 77 | Trumbull - Old mine park | Trumbull | SW | 3.5 |
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Y | Y | North Haven Bike | |
| 78 |
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Tunxis State Forest | Barkhamstead | NW | |||||
| 78a |
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Tunxis - | HARTLAND | ||||||
| 79 | Tyler Mill | Wallingford | SW | 3 |
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Y | Y | North Haven Bike | |
| 79a |
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Upper Paugussett | Northern Newtown | ||||||
| 80 | Valley Falls | Bolton | NE | 4.25 |
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Y | Y | Vernon Cycle | |
| 81 | Wadsworth Falls | Middletown | SE | 1.5 | |
N | Y | Cycling Concepts | |
| 82 | West Hartford Reservoir | West Hartford | NW | 3.35 |
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Y | Y | Vernon Cycle | |
| 83 | West Rock | New Haven | SW | 3.2 |
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Y | Y | North Haven Bike | |
| 84 | Westwoods | Guilford | SE | 4.5 |
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Y | Y | North Haven Bike | |
| 85 | Wells Woods | Columbia | NE | 3.9 |
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Y | Y | Vernon Cycle | |
| 86 | Winding Trails | Avon | NW | 1 | |
Y | Y | Cycling Concepts | |
| 86A |
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Winsted Woods | Winsted | NW | 2.8 | |
Y | N | |
| 87 | White Memorial | Litchfield | NW | 2.9 | |
N | Y | Bikers Edge | |
| 88 | Waterford Millers pond | Waterford | SE | 3.25 | |
Y | Y | Clarke Cycles | |
| 89 | Wilton Woods | Wilton | SW | 3.3 | |
Y | Y | Westport Bikes | |
| 89a | Woodbury Freeride Park | Woodbury | 2.1 |
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Y | N/A | NEMTB | ||
| 90 | Wooster Mountain State Park - Pine Mountain - Neds Mountain - Bennett's Pond | Danbury - Ridgefield | SW | 3.5 | (-) |
Y | Y | CheshireCycle | |
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BMX, Indoor and other Spots to ride your bike | |||||||
| Riding Area | Town | Location | |
Difficulty | Pics | Map/GPS | Local Bike Shop Sponsor | |
| Falcon Field | Meriden | Center of the universe |
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Y | The Cutting Edge | |||
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Links To Trail Information |
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| Riding Area | Location | Local Organization | Website | Other | ||
| State Park Maps and info - Excellent Resource | Entire State | Nemba, CTnemba | Connecticut Department of Environmental protections | |||
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