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Trail Conditions
- Unknown
- Snow Groomed
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- 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
- Photos
- Description & Photos
- 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
ATV/ORV/OHV Filter
Max Vehicle Width
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Radar Time
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
Jump Magnitude Heatmap
Heatmap of where riders jump on trails. Zoom in to see individual jumps, click circles to view jump details.
Trails Deemphasized
Trails are shown in grey.
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eBikes Allowed:
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Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 583
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 544
- Trails E-Bike
- 17
- Trails Hike
- 691
- Trails Trail Running
- 630
- Trails Horse
- 63
- Trails Dirtbike/Moto
- 59
- Trails ATV/ORV/OHV
- 2
- Trails Snowmobile
- 4
- Trails Snowshoe
- 106
- Trails Backcountry Ski
- 1
- Trails Nordic Ski
- 106
- Total Distance
- 286 miles
- Total Descent
- 33,330 ft
- Total Vertical
- 639 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 640 ft
- Reports
- 1,618
- Photos
- 513
- Ridden Counter
- 27,731
Popular Trail Networks
view all areas »Sub Regions
- Colchester (25)
- Day Pond State Park (14)
- East Lyme (8)
- Franklin (1)
- Griswold (9)
- Groton (105)
- Lebanon (13)
- Mooween State Park (13)
- Ledyard (27)
- Lisbon (1)
- Lyme (60)
- New London (1)
- Niantic (26)
- Oswegatchie Hills (13)
- Rocky Neck State Park (13)
- North Stonington (22)
- Mashantucket (6)
- Old Lyme (3)
- Preston (2)
- Salem (11)
- Walden Preserve (2)
- Zemko Pond WMA (3)
- Sprague (3)
- Stonington (46)
- Voluntown (169)
- Candlewood Ridge/Avery Farm (0)
- Pachaug State Forest (118)
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 | |||
| Red Trail Mooween State Park | |||
| Mumford Bench Bluff Point State Park | |||
| Dragons Tail Haley Farm State Park | |||
| Yellow trail Mooween State Park | |||
| Depot Rd Parallel Path to Poopers Bluff Point State Park | |||
| White trail Mooween State Park | |||
| Short Cut Bluff Point State Park | |||
| Black Dot Mooween State Park | |||
| Rocks Etc Bluff Point State Park | |||
| Mumford Cove Trail Bluff Point State Park | |||
| Near the point Bluff Point State Park |
New London County Mountain Bike Routes
| title | rating | distance |
|---|---|---|
| CCSU - Finale Route Rocky Neck State Park | 3 miles | |
| 2021 SECT MBAS Short Course Bluff Point State Park | 10 miles | |
| Pachaug Beatdown Pachaug State Forest | 22 miles | |
| Wayfarer Bluff/Hayley Loop Bluff Point State Park | 11 miles | |
| SCENIC VIEW Bluff Point State Park | 8 miles | |
| Day Pond full pull loop Day Pond State Park | 7 miles | |
| Scott Hill Corner Start Point Trail Builder's ride Mooween State Park | 11 miles | |
| Tim's 2018 MBAS loop Bluff Point State Park | 15 miles | |
| Green Falls Potatoes & Gravy Green Falls (Pachaug State Forest) | 6 miles | |
| Fun in the Sun on Mt Trashmore Candlewood Hill Wildlife Management Area | 8 miles |
Photos of New London County Mountain Bike
trail: Goodwin Trail -Salem Valley
6 |
Sep 4, 2021 @ 3:49pm
Sep 4, 2021Videos of New London County Mountain Bike
trail: Bluff Point Trail
55 |
Feb 4, 2021
trail: Black Dot
1:00 |
126 |
Jul 1, 2019
trail: White trail
0:53 |
169 |
Jul 1, 2019
trail: Day Pond Down
0:10 |
227 |
Feb 18, 2019
trail: Day Pond Down
0:02 |
372 |
Oct 11, 2018
trail: The Park
9:56 |
29 |
Nov 30, 2016
trail: The Park
8:26 |
409 |
Jul 3, 2016
trail: The Park
1:51 |
88 |
Jun 20, 2016
Current Trail Warnings
| status | trail | date | condition | user | info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Garden Barn Island Wildlife Management Area | Oct 17, 2021 @ 1:15pm Oct 17, 2021 | Dry | patdowling | Really overgrown and difficult to... | |
| Unknown Name Barn Island Wildlife Management Area | Oct 17, 2021 @ 10:32am Oct 17, 2021 | Dry | mpm4pub | Large tree felled across path |
Recent Trail Reports
| status | trail | date | condition | user | info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jungle Barn Island Wildlife Management Area | Oct 17, 2021 @ 1:16pm Oct 17, 2021 | Dry | patdowling | ||
| Red Inner Oswegatchie Hills | Oct 15, 2021 @ 12:24pm Oct 15, 2021 | Ideal | Kxfracer108 | ||
| Blue Oswegatchie Hills | Oct 15, 2021 @ 12:24pm Oct 15, 2021 | Ideal | Kxfracer108 | ||
| Goodwin Bypass Trail Lyme Corner Trails | Oct 7, 2021 @ 1:44pm Oct 7, 2021 | Unknown | PlumbBobM HCH | ||
| Nathan Lester Road Great Oak Park | Sep 19, 2021 @ 10:51am Sep 19, 2021 | Ideal | RGO64 | ||
| Upper Gravy Train Green Falls (Pachaug State Forest) | Sep 12, 2021 @ 8:03am Sep 12, 2021 | Dry | Jamesmooney | ||
| connector (candwood ridge) Candlewood Hill Wildlife Management Area | Jun 22, 2021 @ 5:24am Jun 22, 2021 | Dry | Dffarrell76 | ||
| Air Line State Park Trail (Colchester) Colchester | May 12, 2021 @ 1:29pm May 12, 2021 | Ideal | alecbyrne | ||
| Cart Road to Lower 6 Area Mooween State Park | May 4, 2021 @ 11:38am May 4, 2021 | Wet | CTNebraska QC NEMBA | ||
| Galvanized Steel Gate Cart Road Mooween State Park | May 4, 2021 @ 11:38am May 4, 2021 | Wet | CTNebraska QC NEMBA |
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | patdowling | add | report | Rock Garden and 1 more | Oct 17, 2021 @ 1:15pm Oct 17, 2021 |
 | mpm4pub | add | report | Unknown Name | Oct 17, 2021 @ 10:32am Oct 17, 2021 |
| Mbendajo | vote | trail | Lower Gravy Train | Oct 16, 2021 @ 12:17pm Oct 16, 2021 |
| Kxfracer108 | add | report | Red Inner and 1 more | Oct 15, 2021 @ 2:25pm Oct 15, 2021 |
| JereJ | wishlist | trail | Cart Road | Oct 14, 2021 @ 4:09pm Oct 14, 2021 |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| report | Always this time of year there, just have to... | Aug 2, 2021 @ 1:38pm Aug 2, 2021 | ||
| report | soo many bugs | Aug 2, 2021 @ 5:18am Aug 2, 2021 | ||
| report | Ww 2 3 | Jul 19, 2021 @ 12:06pm Jul 19, 2021 | ||
 | trail | The northern section of this trail at the... | Jul 6, 2021 @ 12:32pm Jul 6, 2021 | ||
| trail | This trail, and area, are part of Mt. Archer,... | Jun 17, 2021 @ 11:21pm Jun 17, 2021 |
Local Badges
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Completionist3 awarded -
10 Blue Trails200 awarded -
10 Green Trails281 awarded -
Epic Ride 50k446 awarded -
Big Ride 30k1,087 awarded -
10 Green Trails12 awarded
National Scenic Trails & Official Routes
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Goodwin Trail
- Mountain Bike
- Hike
- Trail Running
- Horse
- Snowshoe
- Nordic Ski
Activity Type Stats
| activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Bike | 541 | 236 miles | 27,687 ft | 100 miles | 640 ft | 277 | 1,621 | 13 | 19,018 | |||
| E-Bike | 17 | 7 miles | 614 ft | 3 miles | 364 ft | 1,317 | 162 | |||||
| Hike | 666 | 285 miles | 33,238 ft | 120 miles | 640 ft | 238 | 1,627 | 1 | 1,392 | |||
| Trail Running | 630 | 273 miles | 31,201 ft | 115 miles | 640 ft | 1,626 | 487 | |||||
| Horse | 63 | 26 miles | 2,080 ft | 10 miles | 449 ft | 828 | 2 | |||||
| Dirtbike/Moto | 56 | 17 miles | 1,112 ft | 7 miles | 351 ft | 825 | 19 | |||||
| ATV/ORV/OHV | 2 | 2 miles | 157 ft | 1 mile | 249 ft | 823 | 1 | |||||
| Snowmobile | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Snowshoe | 106 | 35 miles | 3,310 ft | 14 miles | 502 ft | 22 | 42 | |||||
| Backcountry Ski | 1 | 1,893 ft | 23 ft | 522 ft | 72 ft | 19 | ||||||
| Nordic Ski | 106 | 35 miles | 3,261 ft | 13 miles | 502 ft | 22 | 13 |
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