Details

Trail Length: 12.6 miles
Towns: Griswold, Voluntown
Allowed Uses: Hiking
Partners: Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (CT DEEP)

Trail Overview

The Nehantic Trail stretches between Green Fall Pond Recreation Area in Voluntown and Hopeville Pond State Park in Griswold. The trail is primarily in the 30,000-acre Pachaug State Forest and travels through white pine and hardwood forests and passes open fields. At the summit of Mount Misery (441 feet) expect to see a spectacular, sweeping vista of the forested landscapes encompassing the towns of Voluntown and Sterling. Sections of the trail are characterized by gentle hills and exposed ledges. The trail passes several abandoned mill sites situated near brooks that once powered mills. The Nehantic can be linked with the adjoining Narragansett, Quinebaug, and Pachaug trails, as well as other side trails and woods roads, for longer hiking and backpacking adventures.

Four overnight shelters in the State Forest can be used by backpackers on a first-come, first-serve basis. For more info on DEEP campgrounds and backcountry shelters and to reserve a space, click here. The trail also has access to a youth camping area near Headquarters Road. 

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.