17 trails host ‘First Day Hikes’ across Connecticut
Some hikes are in-person group events, while others are self-guided offerings.
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Dec 29, 2023, 2:07 PM
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2ds agoThere are 17 trails hosting “First Day Hikes: across Connecticut on New Year's Day.
It’s a nationwide initiative to promote connecting to the outdoors.
Some hikes are in-person group events, while others are self-guided offerings.
The initiative began in Massachusetts more than two decades ago.
Below is a list of the parks participating:
- American Legion & Peoples State Forest, Barkhamsted
- Auerfarm State Park Scenic Reserve, Bloomfield
- Chatfield Hollow State Park, Killingworth
- Dinosaur State Park, Rocky Hill
- Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park, Groton
- Gillette Caste State Park, East Haddam
- Goodwin State Forest, Hampton
- Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison
- Machimoodus State Park, Moodus
- Mansfield Hollow State Park, Mansfield
- Pachaug State Forest, Griswold
- Scantic River State Park, East Windsor
- Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area, Burlington (2 hikes – one led by Friends of Sessions Woods and one self-guided Sky's the Limit hike and exploration of the education center)
- Sherwood Island State Park, Westport
- Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden
- Southford Falls State Park, Southbury
- West Rock Ridge State Park, New Haven
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