Explore Suffield, CT

Town Parks

• • Smith Memorial Forest – Unexplored
  • Stony Brooke Park –★★– 1.8 miles – Two separate parks currently which will be joined across the brook for loop trails
  • Sunrise Park –★★– 1.3 miles – Private park with hiking trails, disc golf, a lake, and pavilion but it paid for most of the year

Land Trust

• • Suffield Land Conservancy
    • Alcorn Wildlife Preserve –★★★– 1 mile – Short trails past an old chimney with connections to great views on the Metacomet Trail
    • Fuller Wildlife Preserve – Unexplored
    • McClean Outdoor Education Preserve – Unexplored
    • Mountain Brook Nature Preserve – Unexplored
    • Overlook Ridge Property – Unexplored
    • Spencer Woods Wildlife Preserve –★★– 1 mile – The last stretch of woods on this ridge of the Metacomet
    • Silver Creek Crossing Property – Unexplored

State Parks / Forest

• • Windsor Locks Canal Trail State Park –★★– 4.5 miles – Popular seasonal trail with walkers and bike riders along the Connecticut River closed from Nov-April

Blue Blaze

• • Metacomet Trail / New England Trail
    • Peak Mountain to West Suffield Mountain –★★★★– 4.3 miles – (North Parking) (South Parking) Fantastic overlooks and a campsite through two towns
      • Camping Area Windsor Locks Primitive Tentsite 
    •  North CT Terminus Border with MA –★★★– 4 miles – Gradually climb to great views before descending to the Massachusetts border

The Rest

• • Audubon
    • Lewis Farm Bird Sanctuary –★★– 3 miles – Short loops centered around Muddy Brook
  • Farmington Canal Heritage Trail – Unexplored
  • Kings Island –★★★– No official trails – Easy to explore island that’s a camping spot on the river and has an interesting history as a doomsday homestead