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Trail Flow (Ridden Direction)
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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
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- < 2 days
- < 1 week
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- < 1 month
- < 6 months
- > 6 months
Trail Ridden Direction
The intended direction a trail should be ridden.
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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.
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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
Winter Trails
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Trails are colored based on popularity. The more popular a trail is, the more red. Less popular trails trend towards green.
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Region Details
- 188
- 6
- 243
- 266
- 54
- 1
- 1
Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 1,214
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 808
- Trails E-Bike
- 66
- Trails Horse
- 81
- Trails Hike
- 1,290
- Trails Trail Running
- 1,175
- Trails Dirtbike/Moto
- 1
- Trails Observed Trials
- 1
- Trails Snowshoe
- 112
- Trails Backcountry Ski
- 1
- Trails Nordic Ski
- 90
- Total Distance
- 564 miles
- Total Descent
- 59,071 ft
- Total Vertical
- 1,005 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 1,006 ft
- Reports
- 2,985
- Photos
- 979
- Ridden Counter
- 77,266
Sub Regions
- Housatonic Valley CT (130)
- Beacon Falls (3)
- Bethany (4)
- Branford (176)
- 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 (10)
- 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 (147)
- East River Preserve (12)
- East River Woodlands (5)
- Nut Plains (5)
- Timberland Preserve (26)
- Westwoods (57)
- Hamden (70)
- Madison (113)
- Bauer Park (5)
- MLCT South (30)
- Rockland Preserve (57)
- RWA - Genesee (22)
- Meriden (17)
- Giuffrida Park (5)
- Hubbard Park (15)
- Middlebury (5)
- Naugatuck (1)
- New Haven (23)
- East Rock Park (23)
- North Branford (0)
- Prospect (3)
- Wallingford (78)
- West Haven (19)
- 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 | |||
Dirt Church Rockland Preserve | |||
East Loop Rockland Preserve | |||
The Darkside Rockland Preserve | |||
Green Spur Rockland Preserve |
New Haven County Mountain Bike Routes
title | rating | distance |
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The Branford Trail - Full Loop Branford | 28 miles | |
Rockland & Northern Exposure Rockland Preserve | 18 miles | |
4 Summits - 17+ miles Rockland Preserve | 17 miles | |
White and Green Rectangle Loop Stony Creek Quarry/Van Wie/Kelley/Hoadley Preserves | 4 miles | |
West Rockland Snapshot Rockland Preserve | 6 miles | |
Rockland & Northern Exposure Rockland Preserve | 9 miles | |
Rockland Preserve Personal Ride Rockland Preserve | 15 miles | |
Exercise Route Rockhouse Hill Sanctuary | 5 miles | |
Branford and Red Trail Loop Stony Creek Partnership/Wile/Washburn Property | 6 miles | |
Quillinan Outer Loop Naugatuck State Forest / Quillinan Reservoir | 5 miles |
Photos of New Haven County Mountain Bike
trail: Blue
0 |
Jun 26, 2025 @ 2:54pm
Jun 26, 2025
trail: Beyond Thunderdome
3 |
Jun 11, 2025 @ 2:56pm
Jun 11, 2025
trail: Mary's Ghost
4 |
Jun 11, 2025 @ 2:55pm
Jun 11, 2025
trail: Mary's Ghost
3 |
Jun 11, 2025 @ 2:55pm
Jun 11, 2025
trail: Fern Turn
6 |
May 19, 2025 @ 3:41am
May 19, 2025
trail: Wolverine
83 |
Oct 15, 2022 @ 7:07am
Oct 15, 2022
trail: Wolverine
51 |
Apr 3, 2022 @ 4:06pm
Apr 3, 2022Videos of New Haven County Mountain Bike

trail: White Diamond
2:02 |
106 |
May 19, 2023

trail: White Diamond
0:34 |
51 |
May 19, 2023

trail: High Meadow
0:25 |
346 |
Apr 3, 2023

trail: On the Rocks (Lower)
0:31 |
48 |
Dec 27, 2022

trail: Hunters Mountain Loop
0:23 |
45 |
Aug 19, 2022

trail: Thing 1
0:55 |
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Aug 15, 2022

trail: Snake Rock DH
0:05 |
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Apr 12, 2021
Current Trail Warnings
status | trail | date | condition | user | info |
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Purple Tyler Mill Preserve | Jun 26, 2025 @ 11:10am Jun 26, 2025 | Variable | jnaidorf |
Recent Trail Reports
Activity Feed
username | action | type | title | date |
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trailmodect | vote | trail | activity #75922491 and 1 more | Jul 14, 2025 @ 4:56pm 20 hours |
trailmodect | ridden | trail | activity #75922490 and 1 more | Jul 14, 2025 @ 4:56pm 20 hours |
trailmodect | add | video | activity #75922469 and 1 more | Jul 14, 2025 @ 4:55pm 20 hours |
trailmodect | ridden | trail | activity #75864550 | Jul 13, 2025 @ 5:22pm 2 days |
trailmodect | add | video | activity #75864513 | Jul 13, 2025 @ 5:21pm 2 days |
Recent Comments
username | type | title | comment | date |
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trail | Mostly closed from flooding in 2024 | May 29, 2025 @ 1:27pm May 29, 2025 | ||
trail | Definitely sections that aren’t green pretty... | Apr 19, 2025 @ 8:21am Apr 19, 2025 | ||
trail | Attempted this from the South on a bike.... | Apr 19, 2025 @ 8:00am Apr 19, 2025 | ||
report | Tree blocking path | Mar 23, 2025 @ 1:12pm Mar 23, 2025 | ||
trail | No Bikes | Nov 1, 2024 @ 2:55am Nov 1, 2024 |
Local Badges
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Epic Mountain Bike Climb 2k0 awarded -
10 Blue Trails15 awarded -
Descent 10k Badge0 awarded -
Climbing 100k Badge0 awarded -
Big Ride 30k31 awarded -
Epic Ride 50k0 awarded
Bike & Skill Parks
name | type | city | rating |
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Rockland Bike Park | skill park | Madison | |
Milford Rider's Club | skill park | Milford |
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 | 792 | 357 miles | 32,579 ft | 135 miles | 873 ft | 632 | 3,023 | 15 | 59,688 | |||
E-Bike | 66 | 44 miles | 1,325 ft | 11 miles | 400 ft | 1 | 2,475 | 1 | 1,299 | |||
Horse | 81 | 36 miles | 2,831 ft | 14 miles | 646 ft | 1 | 1,080 | 7 | ||||
Hike | 1,275 | 562 miles | 58,822 ft | 212 miles | 1,004 ft | 346 | 3,014 | 30 | 4,396 | |||
Trail Running | 1,175 | 529 miles | 55,341 ft | 200 miles | 1,004 ft | 1 | 3,013 | 4 | 3,231 | |||
Dirtbike/Moto | 1 | 853 ft | 7 ft | 220 ft | 16 ft | 758 | 15 | |||||
Observed Trials | 1 | 1,070 ft | 243 ft | 7 ft | 7 | 16 | ||||||
Snowshoe | 112 | 74 miles | 4,127 ft | 25 miles | 643 ft | 177 | 36 | |||||
Backcountry Ski | 1 | 1 mile | 23 ft | 1,427 ft | 16 ft | 12 | ||||||
Nordic Ski | 90 | 72 miles | 3,750 ft | 24 miles | 643 ft | 170 | 21 |
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