| Quinnipiac Trail | |
|---|---|
 View from the Sleeping Giant | |
| Length | 24.0 miles (38.6 km) [1] |
| Location | New Haven County, Connecticut, USA |
| Designation | CFPA Blue-Blazed Trail |
| Trailheads | Start: Chatfield Road, Prospect. End: Banton Street, North Haven. |
| Use | hiking, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, fishing, geocaching, other |
| Highest point | Mount Sanford, 890 ft (270 m) |
| Lowest point | Quinnipiac River in Quinnipiac River State Park |
| Difficulty | Moderate with some easy and hard sections |
| Sights | Roaring Brook Falls, Sleeping Giant peaks, Sleeping Giant stone tower, foundations and fences |
| Hazards | hunters, deer ticks, poison ivy |
The Quinnipiac Trail is a 24-mile (39 km) Blue-Blazed hiking trail in New Haven County, Connecticut. It is the product of the evolution and growth of the first 10.6-mile (17.1 km) trail designated in Connecticut's Blue-Blazed Hiking Trail system, with its light-blue rectangular vertical painted blazes .[2]
- ^ Colson, Ann T. (2006). Connecticut Walk Book West (19th edition). Connecticut Forest and Park Association. ISBN 0-9619052-6-3.
- ^ Connecticut Walk Book, 19th edition, vol.2 (West), Ann T. Colson, ed., Connecticut Forest and Park Association, (c) 2006, p. 221.