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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.

Elevation

0 mi315 – 659 ft · steepest grade: 16%9.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.76409, -72.42100
Nearest town Bolton, CT

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miSharp right onto Old Bailey Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right onto Hop River State Park Trail, heading SE.
  7. 3.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  9. 400 ftTurn left onto MTB Orange, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftReach Old Bailey Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 400 ftTurn left, heading S.
  13. 0.2 miSharp left onto Hop River State Park Trail, heading N.
  14. 3.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right onto Old Bailey Trail, heading N.
  16. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
  17. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  19. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

71% gravel12% dirt1% paved1% boardwalk15% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 78°F62°
Precip0%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity79%
Rained 1.3″ yesterday (3.5″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 5:47 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:06 PM
Wed 79°64°
Thu 90°68° 40%
Fri 93°70° 34%
Sat 91°68° 43%
Sun 93°66° 21%
Mon 93°71° 18%

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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