Details

Trail Length: 3.1 miles
Towns: Waterbury
Allowed Uses: Hiking Only
Partners: Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (CT DEEP)

Trail Overview

The Jericho Trail traverses a section of the Mattatuck State Forest known as a Cave Block because of its numerous ledge overhangs and interesting rock formations that form intricate caves and passageways. The trail crosses Jericho Brook and winds through the site of a 1986 forest fire. The trail links to the blue-blazed Mattatuck Trail near one of the Leatherman’s Caves and features a handful of seasonal vistas.

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.