Trail Races & Routes in Connecticut
Explore 118 trail running and hiking routes across Connecticut. 0 organized races and 118 training routes covering distances from 1.5 mi to 207.0 mi. Elevation gains range from 89 ft to 31,662 ft. View detailed terrain intelligence for every route.
Key Takeaways
Total Routes
118
Races / Routes
0 / 118
Distance Range
1.5 mi - 207.0 mi
Elevation Range
89 ft - 31,662 ft
Most Popular Distance
Other (78)
Surface Type
99% Trail
| Route Name | Location | Distance | Elevation Gain | Type | Race Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hibbard Trail (CT) | Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 1.5 mi | 89 ft | route | — |
| Field Forest Trail (CT) | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut | 1.6 mi | 262 ft | route | — |
| Scovill Loop Trails (CT) | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut | 1.6 mi | 181 ft | route | — |
| Whitestone Cliffs Trail (CT) | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut | 1.8 mi | 285 ft | route | — |
| Undermountain Trail (CT) | Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut | 1.9 mi | 1,023 ft | route | — |
| Old Furnace Trail (CT) | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 2.2 mi | 227 ft | route | — |
| Highlawn Forest Trail (CT) | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut | 2.3 mi | 201 ft | route | — |
| Finch Brook Trail (CT) | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut | 2.6 mi | 178 ft | route | — |
| Pine Knob Loop (CT) | Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut | 2.8 mi | 787 ft | route | — |
| Hancock Brook Trail (CT) | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut | 3.2 mi | 338 ft | route | — |
| Nayantaquit Trail (CT) | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut | 3.5 mi | 528 ft | route | — |
| Red Trail | Mooween State Park, Connecticut | 3.7 mi | 429 ft | route | — |
| Heritage Trail | Hartman Park, Connecticut | 3.9 mi | 559 ft | route | — |
| Pomperaug Trail | Newtown, Connecticut | 3.9 mi | 1,030 ft | route | — |
| Yellow Trail | Mooween State Park, Connecticut | 3.9 mi | 301 ft | route | — |
| Blue-Red Trail | Berlin, Connecticut | 4.0 mi | 646 ft | route | — |
| Chatfield Trail | Killingworth, Connecticut | 4.1 mi | 519 ft | route | — |
| Pine Knob Loop Trail | Housatonic State Forest, Connecticut | 4.1 mi | 1,238 ft | route | — |
| Shelton Lakes Recreation Path | Shelton Lakes Greenway, Connecticut | 4.1 mi | 481 ft | route | — |
| Sunny Valley Trail (CT) | Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 4.1 mi | 616 ft | route | — |
| Lake Saltonstall Trail | Lake Saltonstall Watershed Reserve Land, Connecticut | 4.2 mi | 486 ft | route | — |
| Red Trail | Simsbury, Connecticut | 4.2 mi | 584 ft | route | — |
| Yellow Trail | Cockaponset State Forest, Connecticut | 4.3 mi | 399 ft | route | — |
| Ski Trail | Hamden, Connecticut | 4.4 mi | 418 ft | route | — |
| Blue-Orange Trail | City of New Britain Watershed Lands, Connecticut | 4.5 mi | 407 ft | route | — |
| Salmon River Trail | Salmon River State Forest, Connecticut | 4.5 mi | 999 ft | route | — |
| Shoreline Trail | Thompson, Connecticut | 4.6 mi | 504 ft | route | — |
| Iron Trail ( CT) | Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut | 4.6 mi | 210 ft | route | — |
| Foote Path | Middlebury, Connecticut | 4.7 mi | 461 ft | route | — |
| Yellow Loop | Greenwich, Connecticut | 4.7 mi | 442 ft | route | — |
| Lone Pine Trail | Northwoods, Connecticut | 4.8 mi | 1,054 ft | route | — |
| Jericho Trail | Mattatuck State Forest, Connecticut | 4.8 mi | 869 ft | route | — |
| North Trail | McLean Game Refuge, Connecticut | 5.0 mi | 241 ft | route | — |
| Naugatuck Trail | Naugatuck State Forest, Connecticut | 5.1 mi | 574 ft | route | — |
| Pine Acres Pond Trail | James L. Goodwin State Forest, Connecticut | 5.1 mi | 433 ft | route | — |
| Nipmuck Trail - West Branch | Mansfield, Connecticut | 5.1 mi | 798 ft | route | — |
| Breakneck Pond View Trail | Nipmuck State Forest, Connecticut | 5.2 mi | 309 ft | route | — |
| Outer Loop Trail | Gay City State Park, Connecticut | 5.2 mi | 527 ft | route | — |
| Ragged Mountain (CT) | Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut | 5.2 mi | 816 ft | route | — |
| Lillinonah Trail (CT) | Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 5.3 mi | 1,102 ft | route | — |
| Sleeping Giant State Park (CT) | South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 5.3 mi | 1,591 ft | route | — |
| Horse Trail | Sleeping Giant State Park, Connecticut | 5.4 mi | 387 ft | route | — |
| Vernon Hockanum River Trail System | Vernon, Connecticut | 5.4 mi | 227 ft | route | — |
| Collis P Hungtington SP Blue Loop (CT) | Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 5.5 mi | 643 ft | route | — |
| Green Loop | Greenwich, Connecticut | 5.8 mi | 428 ft | route | — |
| TunxisTrails (CT) | Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut | 5.9 mi | 999 ft | route | — |
| Naugatuck Trail (CT) | South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 6.0 mi | 968 ft | route | — |
| Ridge Trail | Nipmuck State Forest, Connecticut | 6.0 mi | 693 ft | route | — |
| Macedonia Ridge Trail | Macedonia Brook State Park, Connecticut | 6.0 mi | 1,591 ft | route | — |
| Metacomet Loop Trail | Berlin, Connecticut | 6.2 mi | 582 ft | route | — |
| Zoar Trail (CT) | Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 6.2 mi | 1,195 ft | route | — |
| Macedonia Brook Trail (CT) | Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut | 6.5 mi | 1,634 ft | route | — |
| Aspetuck Trail (CT) | Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 6.7 mi | 722 ft | route | — |
| Cockaponset Trail | Cockaponset State Forest, Connecticut | 6.7 mi | 852 ft | route | — |
| Regicides Trail | West Rock Ridge State Park, Connecticut | 7.0 mi | 998 ft | route | — |
| Haley Farm/Bluff Point Loop (CT) | Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 7.2 mi | 205 ft | route | — |
| Quinebaug Trail | Pachaug State Forest, Connecticut | 7.6 mi | 735 ft | route | — |
| Naugatuck Trail (Woodbridge) | Woodbridge, Connecticut | 7.6 mi | 974 ft | route | — |
| Pomperaug Trail (CT) | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut | 8.5 mi | 1,925 ft | route | — |
| Norbrook Bike Trails | Colebrook, Connecticut | 8.5 mi | 1,203 ft | route | — |
| Moore Trail | Lyme, Connecticut | 9.2 mi | 1,189 ft | route | — |
| Pequot Trail | Poquetanuck, Connecticut | 9.8 mi | 904 ft | route | — |
| Saugatuck Trail | Redding, Connecticut | 9.9 mi | 1,302 ft | route | — |
| Mattabesett - Lone Pine Loop (CT) | South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 10.2 mi | 1,460 ft | route | — |
| Aspetuck Valley Trail | Redding Ridge, Connecticut | 10.9 mi | 1,046 ft | route | — |
| Norwalk River Valley Trail (CT) | Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 11.0 mi | 329 ft | route | — |
| Saugatuck Trail (CT) | Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 11.1 mi | 1,601 ft | route | — |
| Nehantic Trail | Voluntown, Connecticut | 11.7 mi | 966 ft | route | — |
| Paugussett Trail | Shelton, Connecticut | 12.0 mi | 1,847 ft | route | — |
| Nipmuck Trail - East Branch | Mansfield Hollow State Park, Connecticut | 12.1 mi | 1,076 ft | route | — |
| Blue-Yellow Trail | City of New Britain Watershed Lands, Connecticut | 12.4 mi | 933 ft | route | — |
| Norbrook Woods Roads | Colebrook, Connecticut | 12.4 mi | 1,513 ft | route | — |
| Paugussett Trail (CT) | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut | 12.6 mi | 2,081 ft | route | — |
| Circum Saugatuck (CT) | Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 12.8 mi | 1,411 ft | route | — |
| Bear Mountain (CT) | Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut | 12.9 mi | 2,710 ft | route | — |
| Tri-State Tri-Mountain Loop (NY, CT, MA) | Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut | 12.9 mi | 2,942 ft | route | — |
| Mission 22 Trail | Naugatuck, Connecticut | 13.3 mi | 1,404 ft | route | — |
| Regicides Trail (CT) | South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 13.5 mi | 1,814 ft | route | — |
| Richard Goodwin Trail (CT) | Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 13.5 mi | 1,232 ft | route | — |
| Cockaponset Trail (CT) | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut | 14.2 mi | 1,792 ft | route | — |
| Metacomet - Timberlin Loop (CT) | Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut | 14.6 mi | 2,046 ft | route | — |
| Tunxis Blue-White Trail | Burlington, Connecticut | 14.8 mi | 1,825 ft | route | — |
| Ives Trail Greenway | Wooster Mountain State Park, Connecticut | 15.5 mi | 2,638 ft | route | — |
| Quinebaug Trail (CT) | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 15.7 mi | 1,398 ft | route | — |
| Ives Trail (CT) | Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 16.0 mi | 3,027 ft | route | — |
| Pequot Trail (CT) | Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 16.7 mi | 1,526 ft | route | — |
| East Coast Greenway - Cheney Rail Trail - Hop River Trail (CT) | Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut | 16.8 mi | 755 ft | route | — |
| Al's Trail | Newtown, Connecticut | 17.2 mi | 1,735 ft | route | — |
| Natchaug Trail (CT) | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 17.4 mi | 1,768 ft | route | — |
| Menunkatuck Trail (CT) | South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 17.6 mi | 1,337 ft | route | — |
| Richard H. Goodwin Trail | Nehantic State Forest, Connecticut | 17.7 mi | 1,607 ft | route | — |
| Pequonnock River Trail (CT) | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut | 18.0 mi | 1,008 ft | route | — |
| Traprock 5.8 Challenge (CT) | Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut | 18.4 mi | 2,881 ft | route | — |
| Quinnipiac Trail (CT) | South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 18.9 mi | 3,764 ft | route | — |
| The Branford Trail | Branford, Connecticut | 21.0 mi | 1,641 ft | route | — |
| Woodbridge Greenway Loop (CT) | South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 23.5 mi | 2,385 ft | route | — |
| Narragansett trail (CT) | Pachaug State Forest, Connecticut | 24.3 mi | 1,309 ft | route | — |
| Circum Barkhamsted Reservoir (CT) | Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut | 24.9 mi | 3,061 ft | route | — |
| Nehantic Trail (CT) | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 25.2 mi | 2,052 ft | route | — |
| Mohawk Trail (CT) | Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut | 25.3 mi | 5,378 ft | route | — |
| West Hartford Parks Route (CT) | Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut | 25.3 mi | 1,319 ft | route | — |
| Pachaug - Nehantic Loop (CT) | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 28.5 mi | 1,978 ft | route | — |
| Sleeping Giant Master Marathon (CT) | South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 29.6 mi | 6,734 ft | route | — |
| The Branford Trail (CT) | South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 30.1 mi | 1,813 ft | route | — |
| Candlewood Lake Perimeter (CT) | Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 35.0 mi | 2,910 ft | route | — |
| Saugatuck & Aspetuck Trails (CT) | Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 35.6 mi | 3,761 ft | route | — |
| Mohawk Trail / AT Loop (CT) | Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut | 35.7 mi | 8,104 ft | route | — |
| Nipmuck - Natchaug - Air Line Loop (CT) | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 45.1 mi | 3,862 ft | route | — |
| Mattatuck Trail (CT) | Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut | 48.7 mi | 5,848 ft | route | — |
| CT Appalachian Trail (CT) | Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut | 49.4 mi | 10,841 ft | route | — |
| Shenipsit Trail (CT) | Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut | 50.6 mi | 5,359 ft | route | — |
| Quinnipiac-Regicides (CT) | South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 51.4 mi | 9,659 ft | route | — |
| Farmington Canal Heritage Trail (CT) | Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut | 54.5 mi | 700 ft | route | — |
| Mattabesett Trail (CT) | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut | 65.8 mi | 9,593 ft | route | — |
| Nipmuck Trail (CT) | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 68.5 mi | 6,882 ft | route | — |
| Metacomet Trail | West Hartford Reservoirs Recreation Area, Connecticut | 83.0 mi | 6,342 ft | route | — |
| Trans Connecticut Shoreline Route | South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut | 114.2 mi | 5,413 ft | route | — |
| New England Trail (CT, MA) | Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut | 207.0 mi | 31,662 ft | route | — |
Frequently Asked Questions
How many trail races are in Connecticut?
There are 0 organized races and 118 self-supported routes available in Connecticut.
What is the average elevation gain in Connecticut?
The average elevation gain is 1,996 feet, with routes ranging from 89 to 31,662 feet.
What distances are available in Connecticut?
Available distances include: 5K, 10K, Half Marathon, Marathon, 50K, 50 Mile, 100K, 100 Mile, Ultra.
Can these trail routes in Connecticut be used for hiking?
Yes. 99% of these routes are on trail surfaces, making them suitable for both trail running and hiking. The terrain analysis and elevation profiles help hikers plan their adventures just as effectively as runners.
What's the best time of year to run trails in Connecticut?
Trail running conditions in Connecticut vary by season and elevation. Check the race date column for organized events, which are typically scheduled during optimal weather windows. For year-round training routes, elevation profiles help you plan for seasonal conditions.
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