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SaveEncompassing 125 acres, Mendell’s Folly is the largest property owned by the Bethany Land Trust. It is located off Route 42, straddling the border between Bethany and Beacon Falls, and features a trail system covering 1.5 miles.
google parking directions Access Info:
Best parking is at the terminus of Northrop Road (then walk down the woods road or enter through the Woodward Preserve), or at the Van Epps Preserve. Limited parking is available on the south side of Route 42 at the Beacon Falls boundary.
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- mendells.final(1).pdf (1.52 MB)
Activities Click to view
- Hike
7 trails
- Trail Running
7 trails
- Snowshoe
7 trails
- Nordic Ski
7 trails
Region Details
7 hike trails
Region Status
Open as of Mar 11, 2025
Hike Stats
- State Ranking
- #8,109
- Trails (view details)
- 7
- Trails Hike
- 7
- Trails Trail Running
- 7
- Trails Snowshoe
- 7
- Trails Nordic Ski
- 7
- Total Distance
- 2 miles
- Total Descent Distance
- 1 mile
- Total Descent
- 384 ft
- Total Vertical
- 253 ft
- Reports
- 6
- Ridden Counter
- 3
Popular Mendell’s Folly Hiking Trails
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Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PlumbBobM | add | poi | activity #35683921 and 5 more | Nov 27, 2022 @ 5:10am Nov 27, 2022 |
| PlumbBobM | add | trail | activity #35683904 and 6 more | Nov 27, 2022 @ 5:09am Nov 27, 2022 |
| PlumbBobM | add | region | activity #35683525 | Nov 27, 2022 @ 4:59am Nov 27, 2022 |
Nearby Riding Areas
| name | distance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Epps Preserve | 0.2 km | ||||
| Grobe Hockanum Upland Preserve | 0.3 km | ||||
| Woodward Preserve | 0.4 km | ||||
| Veterans Memorial Park | 3 | 1.1 km | |||
| Airport Trail System | 1.6 km |
Activity Type Stats
| activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hike | 7 | 2 miles | 384 ft | 1 mile | 253 ft | #8,109 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Trail Running | 7 | 2 miles | 384 ft | 1 mile | 253 ft | #9,005 | 6 | |||||
| Snowshoe | 7 | 2 miles | 384 ft | 1 mile | 253 ft | #1,580 | ||||||
| Nordic Ski | 7 | 2 miles | 384 ft | 1 mile | 253 ft | #1,385 |
- By PlumbBobM
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- mendell’s folly activity log | embed map of Mendell’s Folly mountain bike trails | mendell’s folly mountain biking points of interest
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