Sleeping Giant State Park (CT)

Submitted by pbakwin on Thu, 05/07/2020 - 11:03am
Description

Sleeping Giant State Park, just north of New Haven, has a dense network of trails.

Anna Gartsen describes the White Trail:  "The white trail is arguably the most challenging trail in the Sleeping Giant State Park trail system, with fantastic micro-elevation changes, rock climbs and scrambles, cliffs and views across the Long Island Sound. It extends from the main parking lot at Sleeping Giant to the Chestnut Road trailhead. With such a great variety, it feels like a very different trail going e-w vs. going w-e, and that is why an OAB trip is highly encouraged!"

Upper Charles Trail (MA)

Submitted by pbakwin on Thu, 05/07/2020 - 09:53am
Description

The Upper Charles Trail is still in development and will one day total 24 miles, connecting the towns of Milford, Ashland, Sherborn, Holliston, Framingham, and Hopkinton along a former railroad bed. As of May 2020, more than 13 miles of the trail are complete. The route begins in Hopkinton off of Cedar St. The route travels into Milford, there are a few road crossings and sections along sidewalks. The first 6.5 miles or so are paved, the remainder of the rail trail through Holliston are on hard packed dirt. The rail trail travels under the Phipps Tunnel and over the Bogastow Brook Viaduct.