Details

Trail Length: 11.8 miles
Towns: Weston, Redding
Allowed Uses: Hiking Only, No Pets
Partners: Aquarion Water Company, Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (CT DEEP), The Nature Conservancy

Trail Overview

The Saugatuck Trail is located within the 15,000-acre Centennial Watershed State Forest and closely parallels its namesake, the Saugatuck Reservoir. The trail offers a variety of terrain, rock outcroppings, vernal pools, wetlands, streams, and spectacular vistas of the reservoir. The trail also connects to the blue-blazed Aspetuck Trail offering longer-distance hiking opportunities.

Because the trail is located within watershed lands, recreational use is regulated by the Connecticut Department of Public Health. Please respect and obey all signs. The Centennial Watershed Forest is managed cooperatively by the CT DEEP, Aquarion Water Company, and The Nature Conservancy. 

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.