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Airline State Park Trail (Southern Section)

Mill Site Path via Air Line State Park Trail - Colchester Spur

9 mi · ▲ 336 ft · 3 hr 10 min

Mill Site Path via Air Line State Park Trail - Colchester Spur is a 9-mile out-and-back in Airline State Park Trail (Southern Section) near Amston, CT. It climbs 336 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi338 – 617 ft9.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.61771, -72.33130
Nearest town Amston, CT
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Mill Site Path via Air Line State Park Trail - Colchester Spur

9 mi · ▲ 336 ft · 3 hr 10 min

Elevation 337–615 ft

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

Trailhead: 41.61771, -72.33130

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 1.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 100 ftTurn right onto Air Line State Park Trail - Colchester Spur, heading NW.
  4. 1.7 miBear left onto Air Line State Park Trail, heading SW.
  5. 1.1 miTurn right onto Raymond Brook Overlook, heading NW.
  6. 150 ftTurn left onto Mill Site Path, heading SW.
  7. 0.6 miReach Mill Site Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.6 miTurn right onto Raymond Brook Overlook, heading NE.
  9. 150 ftTurn left onto Air Line State Park Trail, heading SE.
  10. 2.8 miTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  12. 1 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/grayville-falls-out-back-12-km-5e7b

Trail surface

61% gravel13% dirt26% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 6:26 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:12 PM — 8 min before dark.

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