2,823 ft
Distance
147 ft
Climb
-23 ft
Descent
00:08:36
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Flying Fish Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Candlewood Hill Wildlife Management Area
    Groton, Connecticut
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Direction
    Both Directions
    Popular in reverse
  • Global Ranking
    #13777 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #43566 in Trail Running
    • #12492 in Hiking
  • Local Popularity
    35 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 70 in Hiking
  • Land Owner
    CT DEEP

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Flying Fish is a 2,823 ft less popular black diamond singletrack trail located near Groton Connecticut. This mountain bike primary trail can be used both directions. On average it takes 8 minutes to complete this trail.

Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Flying Fish mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    122 ft
  • Altitude min
    175 ft
  • Altitude max
    302 ft
  • Altitude start
    175 ft
  • Altitude end
    297 ft
  • Grade
    4.335%
  • Grade max
    -9.072%
  • Grade min
    18.897%
  • Distance climb
    1,886 ft
  • Distance down
    556 ft
  • Distance flat
    381 ft
  • Avg time
    00:08:36
  • Avg reverse time
    00:06:01
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on Oct 25, 2024
Ideal
Avg: 4.32 (3 votes)
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      Flying Fish Trail Reports

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      Oct 25, 2024 @ 4:27pm
      Oct 25, 2024
      		 Leaf season, beware
      Jun 24, 2024 @ 5:41am
      Jun 24, 2024
      May 2, 2021 @ 10:09am
      May 2, 2021
      		 In good shape, there are few muddy spots here and there but nothing major.
      Dec 13, 2020 @ 3:39pm
      Dec 13, 2020
      Apr 25, 2020 @ 7:21am
      Apr 25, 2020
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      Recent Ridelog Activity on Trail

      Past Week
      • 1 rides
      • 7 miles avg distance
      6 Months
      • 7 rides
      • 11 miles avg distance
      All
      • 160 rides
      • Last: Apr 13, 2025

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      Mar 18, 2024 @ 5:40pm
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      Sep 13, 2020 @ 4:50pm
      Sep 13, 2020
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      Sep 13, 2020 @ 4:50pm
      Sep 13, 2020
      141 |
      Sep 13, 2020 @ 4:50pm
      Sep 13, 2020

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      youtuber Candlewood MTB Series: Flying Fish
      4:03 | 403 | Oct 11, 2021 , Groton
      MTB - Tilcon - Flying Fish
      4:11 | 302 | Dec 14, 2020 , Groton

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