Pomfret

Hike Pomfret, CT

(Part of Windham County)

If you’re looking for the best hiking trails in Pomfret this is the complete guide to all the long trails, rock features, and history it has to offer.

Pomfret has 13 hiking locations for 43.2 miles of trails, there is one boating option, three mountain biking areas, and a disc golf course.

Links

• 2016 Plan of Conservation and Development
• Pomfret Conservation Commission
• Pomfret Historical Society
• CTMQ’s Guide to Pomfret

Explore

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• The wolf den at Mashamoquet Brook
• The hot new mountain bike park at Pomfret Forest
• All the connections to parks off the Air Line Trail [/expand]

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Town Parks

• Pomfret Forest –★★– 10 miles – (aka Frankfurter Project) Work is underway in this labor of love project for mountain biking
• Pomfret Recreation Park –★★– 2 miles – Standard park fields and pavilion plus disc golf and mountain bike trails

Land Trust

• New England Forestry Foundation
  • Kimball Memorial Forest –★★– 1 mile – Great short trail that connects to the Air Line Trail and Pomfret Forest
• Wyndham Land Trust
  • Aicher Holzer Preserve –★★– 1 mile – Rough farm field trails pass an old pond and a hilly view
  • Duck Marsh Preserve –★– A nice overlook platform from a hill just off the Air Line Trail 
  • Gellert/Valentine Preserve –★★– 1.25 miles – Simple lollipop loop with a nice view and access to the Air Line Trail
  • Lyon Preserve –★★– 1 mile – Three rough loop options start next to an old barn
  • Three B’s Preserve –★★★– 8 miles – These three Bosworth, Butner, and Butts combine with the Bafflin Sanctuary for a network of trails
  • Wright Preserve –★★– 0.45 miles – Just across the road and through a field from the Bafflin Sanctuary is a very short loop hike 

State Parks / Forest

• Air Line Trail State Park– 7.7 miles
  • Tiny lot on Rt. 97 near 917 Hampton Rd Pomfret Center, CT
    • Connection to trail at Gellert/Valentine Preserve
    • Connection to trail at Kimball Memorial Forest
    • Connection to trails at Pomfret Forest
  • Small lot near 5 Haven Rd, Pomfret Center, CT
    • 1000′ road connection to Mashamoquet Brook State Park
  • Small lot near 6 Railroad St, Pomfret Center, CT
    • Connection to Duck Marsh Preserve
• Mashamoquet Brook State Park –★★★– 6.5 miles – Swimming area, pavilion, and trails to Wolf Den, Table Rock, and Indian Chair
• Natchaug State Forest– ★★ – 3.3 miles – Designated an equestrian trail the trail connects Mashamoquet Brook State Park with Clapp Road

Blue Blaze

• None

The Rest

• Audubon Society
  • Bafflin Sanctuary –★★– 8 miles – Varied trails through meadows, fields, and forest
• Bara-Hack – Unexplored on private property
• The Nature Conservancy
  • Dennis Farm Preserve –★★– 2 miles – The first mile is clear and the second is very rough, an out and back you likely won’t want to repeat [/expand]

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• Quinebaug River
  • Rt 101 Boat Launch
• Fishing on Mashamoquet Brook [/expand]

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48. Pomfret, settled in 1686; named and incorporated May, 1713, from Pontefract in Yorkshire. Indian name, “Mashamoquet.”

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Now go out and hike Pomfret, CT!