MTB Orange & Old Bailey Trail via Hop River State Park Trail is an 8.8-mile out-and-back in Hop River State Park Trail near Bolton, CT. It climbs 488 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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MTB Orange & Old Bailey Trail via Hop River State Park Trail
8.8 mi · ▲ 488 ft · 3 hr 11 min
Elevation 314–661 ft
Out & Back · Hop River State Park Trail
Trailhead: 41.76409, -72.42100
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 78°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:06 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Old Bailey Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Hop River State Park Trail, heading SE.
- 3.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn left onto MTB Orange, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach Old Bailey Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Hop River State Park Trail, heading N.
- 3.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Old Bailey Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.3 mi in (~104 min). Leave by 6:02 PM for the 8:06 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:15 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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