Solution Cave & Old Bailey Trail via Hop River State Park Trail is an 8-mile out-and-back in Hop River State Park Trail near Bolton, CT. The route reaches Solution Cave at the turnaround, 4 miles in. It climbs 301 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi463 – 659 ft8.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.76409, -72.42100
Nearest town Bolton, CT
Directions
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Solution Cave & Old Bailey Trail via Hop River State Park Trail
8 mi · ▲ 301 ft · 2 hr 49 min
Elevation 462–661 ft
Out & Back · Hop River State Park Trail
Trailhead: 41.76409, -72.42100
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:52 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 miSharp left onto Hop River State Park Trail, heading SE.
- 2.8 miContinue straight onto Hop River Connector, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Hop River State Park Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
- 250 ftReach Solution Cave, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Hop River Connector, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Hop River State Park Trail, heading SE.
- 2.8 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Old Bailey Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 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.
Trail surface
76% gravel7% dirt17% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:52 PM
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