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- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Ideal
- Dry
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Trail Flow (Ridden Direction)
Trailforks scans users ridelogs to determine the most popular direction each trail is ridden. A good flowing trail network will have most trails flowing in a single direction according to their intension.
The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
The colour categories are based on what percentage of riders are riding a trail in its intended direction.
- > 96%
- > 90%
- > 80%
- > 70%
- > 50%
- < 50%
- bi-directional trail
- no data
Trail Last Ridden
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine the last time a trail was ridden.
- < 2 days
- < 1 week
- < 2 weeks
- < 1 month
- < 6 months
- > 6 months
Trail Ridden Direction
The intended direction a trail should be ridden.
- Downhill Only
- Downhill Primary
- Both Directions
- Uphill Primary
- Uphill Only
- One Direction
Contribute Details
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Trail Popularity ?
Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine which trails are ridden the most in the last 9 months.
Trails are compared with nearby trails in the same city region with a possible 25 colour shades.
Think of this as a heatmap, more rides = more kinetic energy = warmer colors.
- most popular
- popular
- less popular
- not popular
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Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public ridelogs from the past 6 months.
- mountain biking recent
- mountain biking (>6 month)
- hiking (1 year)
- moto (1 year)
Activity Recordings
Trailforks users anonymized public skilogs from the past 12 months.
- Downhill Ski
- Backcountry Ski
- Nordic Ski
- Snowmobile
Jump Magnitude Heatmap
Heatmap of where riders jump on trails. Zoom in to see individual jumps, click circles to view jump details.
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Region Details
- 171
- 6
- 233
- 271
- 55
- 1
- 1
Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 1,148
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 747
- Trails E-Bike
- 54
- Trails Horse
- 65
- Trails Hike
- 1,155
- Trails Trail Running
- 1,053
- Trails Dirtbike/Moto
- 4
- Trails Observed Trials
- 3
- Trails ATV/ORV/OHV
- 3
- Trails Snowshoe
- 94
- Trails Backcountry Ski
- 1
- Trails Nordic Ski
- 90
- Total Distance
- 540 miles
- Total Descent
- 57,742 ft
- Total Vertical
- 1,005 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 1,006 ft
- Reports
- 2,369
- Photos
- 789
- Ridden Counter
- 45,822
Sub Regions
- Housatonic Valley CT (115)
- Ansonia (13)
- Derby (5)
- Orange (30)
- Racebrook Tract (30)
- Oxford (31)
- Seymour (4)
- Southbury (15)
- Woodbridge (29)
- Beacon Falls (1)
- Bethany (3)
- Branford (186)
- Beacon Hill Preserve (4)
- Ecology Park (11)
- Goss Preserve (4)
- Lucy T. Hammer Woodlands (6)
- RWA - Lake Saltonstall (18)
- Short Beach Preserve (4)
- Stony Creek Partnership/Wile/Washburn Property (11)
- Stony Creek Quarry/Van Wie/Kelley/Hoadley Preserves (71)
- The Supply Ponds & Queach Preserve (31)
- Vetter Preserve (6)
- Youngs Pond Park (4)
- Cheshire (3)
- East Haven (4)
- Guilford (159)
- East River Preserve (12)
- East River Woodlands (5)
- Nut Plains (5)
- Timberland Preserve (26)
- Westwoods (57)
- Hamden (68)
- Madison (114)
- Bauer Park (5)
- MLCT South (30)
- Rockland Preserve (58)
- RWA - Genesee (22)
- Meriden (9)
- Giuffrida Park (5)
- Hubbard Park (4)
- Naugatuck (1)
- New Haven (23)
- East Rock Park (23)
- North Branford (0)
- North Haven (9)
- Prospect (3)
- Wallingford (33)
- Tyler Mill Preserve (28)
- West Haven (17)
- RWA - Maltby Lakes (19)
Popular New Haven County Mountain Biking Trails
status | title | difficulty | rating |
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Rishy Rockland Preserve | |||
Sumatra Rockland Preserve | |||
Thunderdome Rockland Preserve | |||
Rollie's Revenge Rockland Preserve | |||
Mary's Ghost Rockland Preserve | |||
Rockland Loop Trail Rockland Preserve | |||
Kumbucha Rockland Preserve | |||
Stream Connector Rockland Preserve | |||
Erratica Rockland Preserve | |||
Beyond Thunderdome Rockland Preserve | |||
Peterson's Playground Rockland Preserve | |||
The Darkside Rockland Preserve | |||
Green Spur Rockland Preserve | |||
Dirt Church Rockland Preserve | |||
East Loop Rockland Preserve |
New Haven County Mountain Bike Routes
title | rating | distance |
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The Branford Trail - Full Loop Branford | 28 miles | |
4 Summits - 17+ miles Rockland Preserve | 17 miles | |
Rockland & Northern Exposure Rockland Preserve | 18 miles | |
West Rockland Snapshot Rockland Preserve | 6 miles | |
Exercise Route Rockhouse Hill Sanctuary | 5 miles | |
White and Green Rectangle Loop Stony Creek Quarry/Van Wie/Kelley/Hoadley Preserves | 4 miles | |
Rockland Preserve Personal Ride Rockland Preserve | 15 miles | |
Menunkatuck Trail/NET sec CT 5 Westwoods | 4 miles | |
Branford and Red Trail Loop Stony Creek Partnership/Wile/Washburn Property | 6 miles | |
You Want Some? Rockland Preserve | 11 miles |
Photos of New Haven County Mountain Bike
trail: Cold Spring Road
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Mar 22, 2023 @ 7:21pm
Mar 22, 2023
trail: Beacon Cap Trail
0 |
Mar 22, 2023 @ 11:20am
Mar 22, 2023
trail: Pink & Blue Rectangle Trail
0 |
Mar 10, 2023 @ 6:13pm
Mar 10, 2023
trail: Wolverine
15 |
Oct 15, 2022 @ 7:07am
Oct 15, 2022
trail: Wolverine
11 |
Apr 3, 2022 @ 4:06pm
Apr 3, 2022Videos of New Haven County Mountain Bike

trail: On the Rocks (Lower)
10 |
Dec 27, 2022

trail: Hunters Mountain Loop
15 |
Aug 19, 2022

trail: Thing 1
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Aug 15, 2022

trail: Snake Rock DH
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Apr 12, 2021

trail: Northern Exposure / NET
0:13 |
679 |
Sep 13, 2019

trail: Rockland Loop Trail
0:09 |
278 |
Jun 3, 2019

trail: Rolling Coal
3:01 |
199 |
Aug 9, 2015
Recent Trail Reports
status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
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Adeline Grey Rockhouse Hill Sanctuary | Mar 19, 2023 @ 6:51am Mar 19, 2023 | Ideal | jnaidorf | ||
Paugusset Singletrack Racebrook Tract | Feb 11, 2023 @ 5:10am Feb 11, 2023 | Dry | randyteel | ||
Lemon Squeezer Rockhouse Hill Sanctuary | Feb 10, 2023 @ 12:43pm Feb 10, 2023 | Ideal | Prayoub1 | ||
Trolley Trail (The Branford Trail) | Jan 30, 2023 @ 1:19pm Jan 30, 2023 | Wet | TomFro93 | ||
Dump Loop Forward Ecology Park | Jan 30, 2023 @ 5:19am Jan 30, 2023 | Ideal | TomFro93 | ||
Red Trail | Jan 28, 2023 @ 2:30pm Jan 28, 2023 | Variable | TomFro93 | ||
Upper Snake Rock East Rock Park | Jan 13, 2023 @ 4:58am Jan 13, 2023 | Variable | lindeman-matt | ||
Thunderbird East Rock Park | Jan 12, 2023 @ 8:58pm Jan 12, 2023 | Wet | lindeman-matt | ||
Old Pent Road/ Lone Pine Trail Guilford | Jan 7, 2023 @ 2:53am Jan 7, 2023 | Wet | greenhabit | ||
Mellow Yellow Rockhouse Hill Sanctuary | Jan 2, 2023 @ 12:19pm Jan 2, 2023 | Ideal | Prayoub1 |
Activity Feed
username | action | type | title | date | |
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![]() | bikeandbeer | add | photo | in Durham, Connecticut, United States | Mar 26, 2023 @ 5:52pm 9 hours |
![]() | Diogee | ridden | trail | East Loop | Mar 26, 2023 @ 4:30pm 11 hours |
![]() | TheBigGame | comment | trail | White Diamond | Mar 26, 2023 @ 10:02am 17 hours |
![]() | PlumbBobM | update | trail | Lower Red Loop | Mar 26, 2023 @ 9:51am 17 hours |
![]() | bikeandbeer | add | trail | White Diamond and 1 more | Mar 26, 2023 @ 9:11am 18 hours |
Recent Comments
username | type | title | comment | date | |
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![]() | trail | The White Diamond trail is one of the oldest... | Mar 26, 2023 @ 10:02am 17 hours | ||
![]() | trail | Trees down in a couple places. Some have ride... | Mar 9, 2023 @ 5:40am Mar 9, 2023 | ||
![]() | trail | Fallen trees block near stream | Feb 11, 2023 @ 1:22pm Feb 11, 2023 | ||
![]() | trail | Lots of leaves and downed trees make it... | Feb 11, 2023 @ 12:59pm Feb 11, 2023 | ||
![]() | trail | Pretty muddy at the start | Feb 11, 2023 @ 7:06am Feb 11, 2023 |
Local Badges
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Big Ride 30k29 awarded -
Epic Ride Descent 2k0 awarded -
Epic Ride Descent 2k2 awarded -
Descent 10k Badge9 awarded -
Big Ride 30k466 awarded -
Epic Ride Climb 2k0 awarded
Bike & Skill Parks
name | type | city | rating |
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Rockland Bike Park | skill park | Madison |
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Activity Type Stats
activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
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Mountain Bike | 747 | 348 miles | 32,769 ft | 132 miles | 873 ft | 558 | 2,367 | 14 | 34,681 | |||
E-Bike | 54 | 50 miles | 1,762 ft | 13 miles | 400 ft | 1,991 | 368 | |||||
Horse | 65 | 32 miles | 2,218 ft | 12 miles | 646 ft | 932 | 5 | |||||
Hike | 1,155 | 535 miles | 57,320 ft | 203 miles | 1,004 ft | 231 | 2,358 | 29 | 2,306 | |||
Trail Running | 1,053 | 504 miles | 54,078 ft | 191 miles | 1,004 ft | 1 | 2,358 | 4 | 1,598 | |||
Dirtbike/Moto | 4 | 1 mile | 43 ft | 1,713 ft | 72 ft | 758 | 7 | |||||
Observed Trials | 3 | 1 mile | 39 ft | 1,493 ft | 69 ft | 1 | 10 | |||||
ATV/ORV/OHV | 3 | 1 mile | 39 ft | 1,493 ft | 69 ft | 758 | 1 | |||||
Snowshoe | 94 | 74 miles | 4,117 ft | 25 miles | 643 ft | 177 | 28 | |||||
Backcountry Ski | 1 | 1 mile | 23 ft | 1,427 ft | 16 ft | 11 | ||||||
Nordic Ski | 90 | 72 miles | 3,750 ft | 24 miles | 643 ft | 170 | 16 |
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