Details

Trail Length: 1.3 miles
Towns: Waterbury
Allowed Uses: Hiking Only
Partners: Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (CT DEEP)

Trail Overview

The Whitestone Cliffs Trail forms a short loop in Mattatuck State Forest. Explore streams, wetlands, and rocky knolls and be rewarded with outstanding views of the Naugatuck Valley. This short trail is incredibly diverse. Whitestone Cliffs Trail gets its name from the brilliant white rocky outcrop visible from Route 8.

CFPA acknowledges we are on the traditional lands of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, the Mohegans, the Eastern Pequot, Schaghticoke, Golden Hill Paugussett, Nipmuc, and Niantic peoples. We pay our respect to the Indigenous people who are no longer here due to colonization, forced relocation, disease, and warfare. We thank them for stewarding this land throughout generations. We recognize the continued presence of Indigenous people on this territory who have survived attempted genocide, and who still hold ties to the land spiritually and culturally. We shall be good stewards of the land we all call Quinnentucket, Connecticut.