Quinnipiac Trail
| Quinnipiac Trail | |
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View from the Sleeping Giant
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| Length | 24.0 miles (38.6 km) |
| 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 |
| Elevation | |
| Highest point | Mount Sanford, 890 ft (270 m) |
| Lowest point | Quinnipiac River in Quinnipiac River State Park |
| Hiking details | |
| Trail 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 .
From its southeastern trailhead (at 41°23′52.97″N 72°52′6.66″W / 41.3980472°N 72.8685167°W), its easternmost leg runs northward, paralleling the west bank of the Quinnipiac River and the east side of the Wilbur Cross Parkway through the entire length of the (undeveloped) Quinnipiac River State Park in North Haven.
Turning mostly westward, away from the river, at the Toelles Rd. bridge at Hartford Turnpike in North Haven, the Quinnipiac Trail traverses virtually the length of the Sleeping Giant State Park (5.1 miles east/west).
Just northwest of the "chest", an eight-mile (13 km) spur of the trail leads NNW, exiting the Park, crossing the Cheshire town line, continues north past Route 42, and after a steep hike overlooking the dramatic chasms of Roaring Brook Falls near the Prospect border, ends near Connecticut Route 68 on Chatfield Road.
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