Details

Trail Length: 4.5 miles
Towns: Colchester
Allowed Uses: Hiking (all trails)/ Horseback riding (on yellow diamond trail only)
Partners: Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (CT DEEP)

Trail Overview

The Salmon River Trail in Colchester is within the Salmon River watershed and traverses a portion of Salmon River State Park & State Forest and loops through Day Pond State Park. Expect to see mixed hardwoods, beautiful views of the Salmon River, and an enormous glacial erratic. Day Pond State Park is wonderful for picnicking and Day Pond itself (regularly stocked with trout) is a great place for fishing and swimming. The trail’s Comstock Connector features the historic Comstock Bridge, the only covered bridge in eastern Connecticut. A side trail, blazed blue/red, will take hikers to a waterfall.

  • Hunting is permitted in State Forests intersected by this trail. Please use caution and wear orange during hunting season. 
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.