New Haven, CT: Chatfield Hollow State Park Loop
This easy 4.6-mile loop serves up large tracts of hardwoods, a side of granite ledges, and the continuous pour of a lively brook.
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Trail Facts
- Distance: 7.4
Waypoints
CHL001
Location: 41.3671798706055, -72.5852508544922
Hike N on the Lookout Trail, briefly entering Cockaponset SF
CHL002
Location: 41.370979309082, -72.5821914672852
L for quick climb
CHL003
Location: 41.3717994689941, -72.58251953125
Crest knoll and take L for short descent
CHL004
Location: 41.3704414367676, -72.5839767456055
L @ T into gully and reenter Chatfield Hollow State Park
CHL005
Location: 41.3713111877441, -72.5866317749024
R onto red-blazed trail as trail wraps around hills E of Schreeder Pond
CHL006
Location: 41.3732299804688, -72.5904006958008
Keep R, connecting red markers
CHL007
Location: 41.3758201599121, -72.5927429199219
Go R on purple-blazed trail, scanning upstream for the red covered bridge on L; continue N through Chatfield Hollow Brook around Old Mill Pond
CHL008
Location: 41.3786010742188, -72.5968322753906
Start of Deep Woods Trail; head S as trail ascends sharply
CHL009
Location: 41.3728408813477, -72.5967864990234
Straight @ 4-way, keeping S along ridgeline
CHL010
Location: 41.3683090209961, -72.5964965820312
Take Pond Trail SSW for short, wooded climb past an arrowhead-shaped pond
CHL011
Location: 41.3641586303711, -72.5937118530274
Return to orange-marked trail and connect to park road going N
CHL012
Location: 41.3678512573242, -72.5903930664062
Reach log cabin built by CCC in 1930s; skirt S end of Schreeder Pond to finish loop
