Air Line Trail cut in Amston, December 2018.JPG
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Air Line State Park Trail is a 7-mile out-and-back in Salmon River State Forest near Hope Valley, CT. It climbs 365 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi253 – 459 ft7.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.63091, -72.37891
Nearest town Hope Valley, CT

Directions

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Air Line State Park Trail

7 mi · ▲ 365 ft · 2 hr 31 min

Elevation 254–460 ft

Out & Back · Salmon River State Forest

Trailhead: 41.63091, -72.37891

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  3. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  4. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  11. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  15. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  16. 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
  17. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Air Line State Park Trail, heading W.
  18. 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  19. 1.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  20. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  21. 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  23. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  24. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  25. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  26. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  27. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  28. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  29. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  30. 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  31. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  32. 150 ftBear left, heading N.
  33. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  34. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

87% dirt3% gravel10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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