Best hikes in Pachaug State Forest
Ambleway maps 47 hikes in Pachaug State Forest, from a 1.9-mile walk to a 11-mile day out. 45 of them score as wild, staying clear of roads and development for most of the route; the wildest is Shetucket Turnpike via Bassett Mill Road. The biggest climb is Red, gaining 879 ft, and the network tops out at 586 ft.
- Colbridge Road Loop 2 mi · ▲ 134 ft
- Hell Hollow-Tatro Connector & Tatro Trail 2 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Porter Pond via Pachaug Trail 2 mi · ▲ 115 ft
- State Forrest Road 2.1 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Great Meadow Brook Pond & Pratt Road 2.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Tatro Road 2.5 mi · ▲ 228 ft
- Pachaug Enduro Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 138 ft
- Bear Cave via Ledgenwood Road 2.8 mi · ▲ 225 ft
- Ledgenwood Road Loop 2.9 mi · ▲ 143 ft
- Trail 2 - Pachaug Connector 3 mi · ▲ 255 ft
- Wyassup Lake 3.2 mi · ▲ 234 ft
- Laurel Loop Trail & Pachaug - Nehantic Crossover Loop 3.2 mi · ▲ 139 ft
- Beach Pond–Bassett Mill Road, 3 sights 3.3 mi · ▲ 347 ft
- Green Falls Road 3.4 mi · ▲ 253 ft
- Fowler Road 3.5 mi · ▲ 353 ft
- Fire Tower Road 3.5 mi · ▲ 144 ft
- Pachaug State Forest Viewpoint via Ledgenwood Road 3.6 mi · ▲ 201 ft
- Pachaug Horse Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 192 ft
- Pachaug State Forest Viewpoint 3.6 mi · ▲ 135 ft
- Pachaug - Nehantic Crossover 3.7 mi · ▲ 114 ft
- Hodge Pond 3.7 mi · ▲ 221 ft
- Locke Road 3.8 mi · ▲ 334 ft
- Green Fall Pond & Pachaug - Nehantic Crossover Loop 4 mi · ▲ 222 ft
- Cossaduck Hill & Wyassup Lake 4.2 mi · ▲ 250 ft
- Coal Pit Hill Road 4.2 mi · ▲ 370 ft
- Shetucket Turnpike via Bassett Mill Road 4.6 mi · ▲ 169 ft
- Lockes Meadow Pond & Pachaug Enduro Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 155 ft
- Trail 2 - Pachaug East Connector–Trail 2 - Pachaug Middle Connector, 3 sights 5.4 mi · ▲ 301 ft
- Hopeville Pond 5.6 mi · ▲ 530 ft
- Pachaug State Forest Viewpoint–Bear Cave, 3 sights 5.7 mi · ▲ 439 ft
- Sawmill Pond–Town Line Pond, 3 lakes 5.7 mi · ▲ 333 ft
- Bassett Mill Road & Tippecansett trail 5.8 mi · ▲ 305 ft
- Beaver Pond & Gallup Pond 5.9 mi · ▲ 506 ft
- Yawgoog Scout Reservation Beach & Freeman Trail 6 mi · ▲ 255 ft
- Lee Road 6 mi · ▲ 604 ft
- Hidden Lake–Freeman Trail, 4 sights 8.2 mi · ▲ 325 ft
- Welch Pond & Trail 2 - Pachaug East Connector 8.3 mi · ▲ 366 ft
- Noah Ark Road 8.7 mi · ▲ 280 ft
- Red 8.7 mi · ▲ 879 ft
- Stanton Pond via Pachaug Enduro Trail 9.3 mi · ▲ 365 ft
- Yawgoog Scout Reservation Beach–Freeman Trail, 4 sights 9.5 mi · ▲ 225 ft
- Laurel Loop Trail–Pachaug - Nehantic Crossover Loop, 4 sights 9.6 mi · ▲ 359 ft
- Yawgoog Pond–Submarine Island, 6 sights 10 mi · ▲ 302 ft
- Armstrong's Point–Yawgoog Pond, 12 lakes 10.8 mi · ▲ 502 ft
- Tippecansett Trail 11.3 mi · ▲ 330 ft
- Beachdale Pond 1.9 mi · ▲ 58 ft
- Trail 2 - Pachaug East Connector 4.5 mi · ▲ 284 ft