Narragansett
Trail Guide
Trail at a Glance
The Narragansett Trail currently runs 15 miles across North Stonington to the Rhode Island border. The trail continues into Rhode Island switching to yellow blazes.
Currently a thru-hike is only possible with a road walk:
- Wintechog Hill
section has been temporarily closed since 2015 with no route aroundreopened as of 2024 though is as yet unblazed - Groton Sportmans Club section is permanently closed requiring a road walk reroute
Highlights
Overlooks
Water Features
Caves
Section List
Section List: (East to West)
- Lantern Hill –★★★★– 1.2 miles – The trail starts with a bang from the popular overlooks and rich history of Lantern Hill
- Unblazed section over Wintechog Hill — 2 miles – This section was closed for 9 years while “clearing a large property for pastureland”, recently reopened and unexplored
- Cossaduck Bluffs –★★★– 3.3 miles – Climbing to rocky ledges and a nice overlook before following the Yawbucs Brook north
- Legend Wood — ★★★ — 4.1 miles – A high overlook of Wyassup Lake, a lean-to, and a cave in this section of the Pachaug State Forest
- Camping Area Legend Wood Shelter lean-to several hundred feet northwest of the High Ledge Overlook
- Unblazed Road walk — 1.9 miles – Left on Legend Wood Rd ➜ Left onto Johnson Rd ➜ Left onto Rt. 49 ➜ Right onto Tom Wheeler Rd ➜ Right onto Sand Hill Rd
- Green Fall Pond –★★★– 1 mile – This trail is unused though passable off Sand Hill Rd, but once you reach the Green Fall river and the ravine it becomes fantastic and a hidden gem
- Camping Area Peg Mill Shelter
- Dinosaur Rocks –★★– 1.2 miles – I found the Dinosaur rocks underwhelming, but there is another cave on this eastern terminus section
- Cross into Rhode Island
The Narragansett Trail is one of Connecticut’s older blue blaze trails completed in 1936