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Quinebaug Trail
The Quinebaug Trail is a Connecticut hiking trail and is one of the ''Blue-Blazed Trails, Blue-Blazed hiking trails'' maintained by the Connecticut Forest and Park Association. The trail is located in the towns of Griswold, Connecticut, Griswold, Voluntown, Connecticut, Voluntown and Plainfield, Connecticut, Plainfield in eastern Connecticut and is almost entirely within the Pachaug State Forest. Trail description The Quinebaug Trail is a Blue-Blazed Trails, Blue-Blazed hiking trail and extends from Breakneck Road near the intersection with Lee Road in Griswold, Connecticut, to northern Spaulding Road in Plainfield. Most of the Quinebaug Trail is on state land within the Pachaug State Forest. It connects to one small public recreation area maintained by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection at Phillips Pond. Much of the Quinebaug Trail is flat or has gradual ascents and descents and is suitable for casual walking or hiking, running - or snowshoeing in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capital is Hartford and its most populous city is Bridgeport. Historically the state is part of New England as well as the tri-state area with New York and New Jersey. The state is named for the Connecticut River which approximately bisects the state. The word "Connecticut" is derived from various anglicized spellings of "Quinnetuket”, a Mohegan-Pequot word for "long tidal river". Connecticut's first European settlers were Dutchmen who established a small, short-lived settlement called House of Hope in Hartford at the confluence of the Park and Connecticut Rivers. Half of Connecticut was initially claimed by the Dutch colony New Netherland, which included much of the land between the Connecticut and Delaware Rivers, although the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
