Quillinan Reservoir

Trails here can be just a bit confusing, namely the purple trail, though attempts have been made at improving them. They have largely been expanded by NEMBA and provide the typical mountain bike flair to the more traditional hiking trails.

I started my hike from the Beaver Street parking area though the Rimmon Road lot appears to be the more popular point of entry. The trails are just woods roads used to actively manage the forest.  The woods road between Rimmon Road and the reservoir is actually blazed blue trail and provides a nice mostly flat walk to the reservoir passing rocky slopes and brook views until reaching the pines around the water.

I followed the woods road section passing the orange blazes heading east and a red trail (not shown on the trail map heading southwest, likely connecting down to the blue.  Where the woods road shows a connection to the purple trail is actually unblazed both heading south to the reservoir and up the steep hill. Near the top of the hill it forks into a short loop is purple blazed as is the 0.9 miles switchbacking down to cross Moulthrop Brook and reach the reservoir.

I have not yet explored the White Trail or its connections to the Ansonia Nature Center. Though I'm told there is a Paugussett Burial Site off the backside of the loop.