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Airline State Park Trail (Northern Section)

Airline Railbed

8.5 mi · ▲ 288 ft · 2 hr 59 min

Airline Railbed is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in Airline State Park Trail (Northern Section) near Putnam, CT. It climbs 288 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi217 – 423 ft · steepest grade: 15%8.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.90780, -71.90803
Nearest town Putnam, CT
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Directions

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Airline Railbed

8.5 mi · ▲ 288 ft · 2 hr 59 min

Elevation 218–424 ft

Out & Back · Airline State Park Trail (Northern Section)

Trailhead: 41.90780, -71.90803

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:45 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

Transit-accessible: Ring & Grove stop 562 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on Air Line State Park Trail, heading SW.
  2. 3.5 miBear right, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  4. 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
  5. 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  7. 0.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  9. 3.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/cargill-falls-cargill-falls-reservoir-out-back-3-lakes-16-km

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 5:45 AMSunset 8:04 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Ring & Grove stop 562 m from the trailhead

Hikes near Putnam, Connecticut