Appalachain Trail

Hike Name: Appalachain Trail Location: northwest CT Length: 11.5 Submitted by: Todd Lewis Date Submitted: 0/0/00 Rating:	more Connecticut trail reviews Connecticut national parks Connecticut state parks
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Description
This is a really nice piece of the AT through Conn. I like to make it a hike/bike trip because it affords a really nice ride along U.S. Route 7 as it follows the Housatonic River. There is also a nice village, West Cornwall, that is worth investigating. I park my car where the AT crosses route 7 south of Falls River, CT and bike south 10 miles to Cornwall Bridge. There I turn right on Rte. 4 and head upthe hill. Take the first right on Old Sharon Road, an unpaved road, and watch carefully for a tree on the right that denotes where the trail crosses the road. It's about 3/10 of a mile from Rte. 4. I stash my bike in the woods and hike north back to my car.

It's an 11 mile hike back with nice views, woods walks and even through some lowlands with a couple beaver ponds. It's a lot of up/down but the hills aren't that big as to make it an arduous task. Going south to north as I described you do more down than up (1725 ft up vs 1991 ft down).

There are several streams along the way but I reccomend purifying before you drink. This is a great walk in all seasons but really nice in the fall. Don't forget to go back for your bike when you finish.

Directions to Hike
The roads I've mentioned are all major roads and on any commercial road map. AT trail maps are available from any outdoors shop. If your'e interested I have topographic maps on disc and can send you a marked copy as a bitmaped e-mail attachment.

Contact Information
Appalachian Trail Conference
P.O. Box 807
Harpers Ferry, WV 25425-0807

or myself at the above e-mail address

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