Redding’s Town Trails
Hoo boy, Redding has not made this easy on me. In the past, one had to go to Redding and find Redding’s “Book of Trails” in order to have any clue where to hike. In 2019, the town/land trust put the book online, making my life much easier. (This, after driving out there to buy one… a few weeks before some kind soul mailed me one.)
Even so, Redding’s roads are difficult to navigate and the trails are all sort of interconnected in very confusing ways. I’ve done my best to parse which are town (below) and which are land trust (over here) – which are all intermixed with state land and CFPA trails and Audubon Society Trails and Nature Conservancy trails… phew. In other words, Redding is pretty awesome.
My Redding Town Hikes:
If linked, I’ve hiked it
Bogus Brook Preserve
Couch Hill Preseve
Dayton Road to Devil’s Den
Gallows Hill Natural Area & Yovan Tract
Ground Pine Sanctuary
Limekiln Natural Area, the Marcus Gift, and Todd’s Woods
Lonetown Marsh Sanctuary
Samuel E. Hill Little River Preserve
Rock Lot & Mary Evelyn Scott Nature Preserve (Westway Trail)
Topstone Park (Westway Trail)
Turkington Falls Natural Area
Saugatuck Falls Natural Area (The Saugaway)
Stormfield (The Saugaway)
CTMQ’s Guide to Redding
Indispensable Redding Trail Updates
Redding hiking/mapping resources:
Various maps of Redding (UConn)
CTMQ’s Town Owned Land Trails
The town and land trust properties and their trails all intertwine, so it’s best to think of them as one organization. From a hiker perspective, ownership is not the issue. Saugatuck Falls is definitely the destination area area, although all are working hiking at least once. Check out my guide: https://westrocktrails.blogspot.com/p/version1.html