Air Line State Park Trail is a 7.4-mile out-and-back in Salmon River State Forest near Hope Valley, CT. It climbs 376 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 45/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi253 – 532 ft8.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.62718, -72.39067
Nearest town Hope Valley, CT
Directions
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Air Line State Park Trail
7.4 mi · ▲ 376 ft · 2 hr 39 min
Elevation 254–531 ft
Out & Back · Salmon River State Forest
Trailhead: 41.62718, -72.39067
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Air Line State Park Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
- 450 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right onto blowdown bypass, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 400 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
92% dirt3% gravel5% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:52 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2 mi · out & back · via Air Line State Park Trail
- 2 mi · out & back · via Air Line State Park Trail
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Air Line State Park Trail
- 2.2 mi · out & back · via Air Line State Park Trail
- 2.3 mi · out & back · via Air Line State Park Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Air Line State Park Trail
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Air Line State Park Trail
- 2.7 mi · out & back · via Air Line State Park Trail
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- Air Line State Park Trail 6.9 mi · ▲ 373 ft
- Air Line State Park Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 319 ft
- Jones Street Pond via Grayville Road 3.1 mi · ▲ 84 ft
- Grayville Road 2.6 mi · ▲ 235 ft
- Air Line State Park Trail Loop 5.4 mi · ▲ 468 ft
- Air Line State Park Trail Loop 5.4 mi · ▲ 425 ft
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