Cheshire, Connecticut Travel Information

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Farmington Canal Linear State Park Trail (Distance: 0.6 mi) The Farmington Canal Trail is a popular destination for people of all ages. The trail has a wide paved surface, mileage and kilometer markers, benches, solid wood bridges, and signs at road crossings ...

Cheshire, CT - Rail-Trails - length:8 mi

Farmington Canal Linear State Park Trail (Distance: 0.7 mi) The Farmington Canal Trail is a work in progress. When completed the trail will extend for 84 miles, from New Haven, Connecticut, to Northampton, Massachusetts. The sections already opened are in vary...

Wallingford, CT - Rail trails - length:40 mi

Roaring Brook Falls (Distance: 3.4 mi) Roaring Brook Falls is in the town of Cheshire, on the northern portion of the Quinnipiac Trail. Take the blue-blazed trail from Bethany Mountain Road to the north. The trail ascends from the road to ...

Cheshire, CT - Hiking - length:2.8 mi

Sleeping Giant (Distance: 3.8 mi) Climb a chin, walk the elbow, or trek up the head of the giant himself —hikers are sure to feel like Lilliputians while exploring the Sleeping Giant, a forested 2-mile traprock ridge that resembles a ...

Hamden, CT - Walking - length:unknown

Hezekiah's Knob and the Chestnut Grove Trail (Distance: 4.7 mi) Few places in New England are in the same league as Sleeping Giant State Park. The unique basalt mountain is home to everything from Indian legends to wildflowers to chestnut trees. It is a wonderful ...

Hamden, CT - Hiking - length:2.8 mi

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Farms The Farms Country Club Private Equity, 18 holes 6740 yards, par 72 2.7 miles from center of Cheshire, Connecticut

Highland Greens Highland Greens Golf Course Public, 9 holes 1398 yards, par 27 3.1 miles from center of Cheshire, Connecticut

Sleeping Giant Sleeping Giant Golf Course Public, 9 holes 2671 yards, par 35 4.4 miles from center of Cheshire, Connecticut

Southington Southington Country Club Public, 18 holes 5675 yards, par 71 5.0 miles from center of Cheshire, Connecticut

Farmingbury Hills 1 Farmingbury Hills Golf Course Public, 9 holes 2966 yards, par 35 5.5 miles from center of Cheshire, Connecticut

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