Air Line State Park Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Salmon River State Forest near Hope Valley, CT. It climbs 293 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi262 – 459 ft5.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.62913, -72.37901
Nearest town Hope Valley, CT
Directions
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Air Line State Park Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 293 ft · 1 hr 41 min
Elevation 261–460 ft
Out & Back · Salmon River State Forest
Trailhead: 41.62913, -72.37901
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 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.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Air Line State Park Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 450 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 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
86% dirt2% gravel12% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:52 PM
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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