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- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Ideal
- Dry
- Very Dry
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
Colors indicate trail is missing specified detail.
- Description
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- Videos
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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Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 1,011
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 612
- Trails E-Bike
- 28
- Trails Horse
- 103
- Trails Hike
- 1,002
- Trails Trail Running
- 786
- Trails Dirtbike/Moto
- 83
- Trails ATV/ORV/OHV
- 1
- Trails Snowmobile
- 13
- Trails Snowshoe
- 146
- Trails Backcountry Ski
- 1
- Trails Nordic Ski
- 146
- Total Distance
- 501 miles
- Total Descent
- 46,093 ft
- Total Vertical
- 602 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 603 ft
- Reports
- 1,908
- Photos
- 626
- Ridden Counter
- 41,187
Popular Trail Networks
view all areas »Sub Regions
- Bozrah (1)
- Colchester (36)
- East Lyme (35)
- Franklin (1)
- Griswold (10)
- Groton (127)
- Lebanon (13)
- Mooween State Park (13)
- Ledyard (32)
- Lisbon (1)
- Lyme (68)
- Montville (1)
- New London (1)
- North Stonington (23)
- Mashantucket (7)
- Norwich (1)
- Mohegan Park (1)
- Old Lyme (24)
- Preston (2)
- Salem (17)
- Walden Preserve (2)
- Zemko Pond WMA (3)
- Sprague (3)
- Stonington (45)
- Voluntown (170)
- Waterford (2)
Popular New London County Mountain Biking Trails
| status | title | difficulty | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Train Track Trail South Bluff Point State Park | |||
| Bluff Point Trail Bluff Point State Park | |||
| Out West Bluff Point State Park | |||
| Wall to Wall Bluff Point State Park | |||
| Mumford Bench Bluff Point State Park | |||
| Depot Rd Parallel Path to Poopers Bluff Point State Park | |||
| Red Trail Mooween State Park | |||
| Dragons Tail Haley Farm State Park | |||
| Yellow trail Mooween State Park | |||
| Short Cut Bluff Point State Park | |||
| Mumford Cove Trail Bluff Point State Park | |||
| Rocks Etc Bluff Point State Park | |||
| White trail Mooween State Park | |||
| Lower Trail Bluff Point State Park | |||
| Connector Bluff Point State Park |
New London County Mountain Bike Routes
| title | rating | distance |
|---|---|---|
| Scott Hill Corner Start Point Trail Builder's ride Mooween State Park | 11 miles | |
| 2021 Full SECT Nemba MBAS Route Bluff Point State Park | 17 miles | |
| Goodwin Trail - Eightmile Section Darling Road Preserve | 4 miles | |
| Goodwin Trail Darling to Gungy Rd Salem | 4 miles | |
| Day Pond full pull loop Day Pond State Park | 7 miles | |
| Goodwin Trail Hartman to Nehantic Salem | 6 miles | |
| Wayfarer Bluff/Hayley Loop Bluff Point State Park | 11 miles | |
| 2021 SECT MBAS Short Course Bluff Point State Park | 10 miles | |
| Pachaug Beatdown Pachaug State Forest | 22 miles | |
| Tim's 2018 MBAS loop Bluff Point State Park | 15 miles |
Videos of New London County Mountain Bike
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Nov 9, 2022
trail: Bluff Point Trail
76 |
Feb 4, 2021
trail: Black Dot
1:00 |
142 |
Jul 1, 2019
trail: White trail
0:53 |
200 |
Jul 1, 2019
trail: Day Pond Down
0:10 |
260 |
Feb 18, 2019
trail: Day Pond Down
0:02 |
410 |
Oct 11, 2018
trail: The Park
9:56 |
44 |
Nov 30, 2016
trail: The Park
8:26 |
421 |
Jul 3, 2016
Recent Trail Reports
| status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roots of all Evil Candlewood Hill Wildlife Management Area | Jan 21, 2023 @ 6:02am Jan 21, 2023 | Wet | Lgabbert | ||
| Backside burn Candlewood Hill Wildlife Management Area | Jan 20, 2023 @ 10:02pm Jan 20, 2023 | Variable | Lgabbert | ||
| Old Man Bluff Point State Park | Jan 14, 2023 @ 1:41pm Jan 14, 2023 | Variable | Mdschneider | ||
| Southside Gnar Bluff Point State Park | Jan 14, 2023 @ 1:40pm Jan 14, 2023 | Variable | Mdschneider | ||
| Option B Bluff Point State Park | Jan 14, 2023 @ 1:40pm Jan 14, 2023 | Variable | Mdschneider | ||
| Dragons Tail Haley Farm State Park | Jan 4, 2023 @ 8:18pm Jan 4, 2023 | Dry | ripplerich | ||
| Beachdale Pond Dam Trail Pachaug State Forest | Jan 2, 2023 @ 8:00am Jan 2, 2023 | Ideal | timsab | ||
| Fire Tower Road Pachaug State Forest | Jan 2, 2023 @ 12:00am Jan 2, 2023 | Variable | timsab | ||
| Fire Tower Road Pachaug State Forest | Jan 2, 2023 @ 12:00am Jan 2, 2023 | Variable | timsab | ||
| Fire Tower Road Pachaug State Forest | Jan 2, 2023 @ 12:00am Jan 2, 2023 | Variable | timsab |
National Scenic Trails & Official Routes
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Goodwin Trail
- Mountain Bike
- Horse
- Hike
- Trail Running
- Snowshoe
- Nordic Ski
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | TracyG | add | video | It's All Gravy At Pachaug Mountain Biking Trails | Jan 22, 2023 @ 6:07am Jan 22, 2023 |
| Lgabbert | add | report | Roots of all Evil and 1 more | Jan 21, 2023 @ 3:29pm Jan 21, 2023 |
| dr-rob | add | photo | in Hope Valley, Rhode Island, United States and 1 more | Jan 19, 2023 @ 6:40am Jan 19, 2023 |
 | msmcfate | update | trail | Crippies | Jan 18, 2023 @ 3:14pm Jan 18, 2023 |
| msmcfate | update | trail | Rond Point | Jan 18, 2023 @ 3:13pm Jan 18, 2023 |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trail | Fun New England tech. Cleared a few blow... | Dec 18, 2022 @ 9:29am Dec 18, 2022 | ||
| trail | Relentless Chunk. | Nov 9, 2022 @ 4:56am Nov 9, 2022 | ||
| trail | I think this is overgrown - dead end | Sep 28, 2022 @ 3:26pm Sep 28, 2022 | ||
| trail | Tree down near main entrance gate blocking path | Aug 7, 2022 @ 9:36am Aug 7, 2022 | ||
| trail | rode this from top to bottom…fun stuff, many... | Jun 5, 2022 @ 6:30am Jun 5, 2022 |
Local Badges
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Completionist3 awarded -
10 Blue Trails291 awarded -
10 Green Trails391 awarded -
Completionist0 awarded -
Big Ride 30k1,410 awarded -
Epic Ride 50k536 awarded
Activity Type Stats
| activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Bike | 612 | 318 miles | 27,398 ft | 129 miles | 604 ft | 366 | 1,901 | 22 | 26,425 | |||
| E-Bike | 28 | 17 miles | 1,188 ft | 8 miles | 535 ft | 1,528 | 303 | |||||
| Horse | 103 | 75 miles | 5,476 ft | 30 miles | 561 ft | 832 | 3 | |||||
| Hike | 1,002 | 493 miles | 45,551 ft | 200 miles | 604 ft | 259 | 1,904 | 19 | 2,321 | |||
| Trail Running | 786 | 425 miles | 38,025 ft | 174 miles | 604 ft | 1,903 | 2 | 977 | ||||
| Dirtbike/Moto | 83 | 53 miles | 3,563 ft | 21 miles | 407 ft | 828 | 31 | |||||
| ATV/ORV/OHV | 1 | 3,547 ft | 49 ft | 1,975 ft | 66 ft | 826 | 1 | |||||
| Snowmobile | 13 | 9 miles | 610 ft | 5 miles | 459 ft | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Snowshoe | 146 | 74 miles | 7,070 ft | 30 miles | 525 ft | 61 | 1 | 51 | ||||
| Backcountry Ski | 1 | 1,975 ft | 23 ft | 600 ft | 72 ft | 1 | 25 | |||||
| Nordic Ski | 146 | 73 miles | 6,959 ft | 29 miles | 499 ft | 64 | 31 |
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