Quinnipiac Trail | |
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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]