Connecticut hiking trails - Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Litchfield County
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Latitude: 41.78444
Longitude: -73.49278
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| | Spending too much time indoors got you down? No problem, if you happen to be in Litchfield County of Connecticut, Appalachian National Scenic Trail is a great local trail for doing a bit of leg stretching. Connecticut has lots of outdoors activities. Macedonia Brook State Park is a pleasant site to stretch your legs a bit, and at Hilltop Pond Dam near Appalachian National Scenic Trail there are some interesting things to see. Appalachian National Scenic Trail gets a normal amount of annual rain; through the month of June you get the most rain around |
here, and January meanwhile is the driest month.
There's so much to do here at Appalachian National Scenic Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Buck's Rock Camp is a perfect place for that; lots of folks from Torrington come here. Summer at Appalachian National Scenic
| Trail comes with high temperatures in the 80's, and the overnight is quite colder of course, mostly in the 50's. Daytime highs through the wintertime are in the 30's while Appalachian National Scenic Trail nighttime low temperatures during the winter are in the 10's. You'll need more than a day to discover everything Appalachian National Scenic Trail has to offer, you can camp at Taconic State Park Rudd Pond, and hey, Jack Brook is a glorious local stream.
Paddling on Housatonic River is so much fun; some of the water nearby flows, like Pond Mountain | |
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Brook. You'll wish for more hours in a day to enjoy all the enjoyable things at Appalachian National Scenic Trail. Get dripping wet paddling on Ten Mile River.
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| These outdoors activities are available near Appalachian National Scenic Trail. |
| | Whitewater Near Appalachian National Scenic Trail:
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Housatonic River, Litchfield County
County
, 3 miles away, Class IV - 2.6 miles long (Bulls Bridge Dam to Gaylordsville) |
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Ten Mile River, Dutchess County
County
, 4 miles away, Class -blank- - 9 miles long (Wassaic to NY line) |
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Tenmile, Litchfield County
County
, 7 miles away, Class I-III - 4.2 miles long (South Dover NY to Gaylordsville Ct) |
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Housatonic River, Litchfield County
County
, 9 miles away, Class II-III - 22.5 miles long (Falls Village Hydro to Kent) |
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East Aspetuck River, Litchfield County
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, 11 miles away, Class III - 4 miles long (Paper Mill Road to Housatonic River) |
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| | Hotels Near Appalachian National Scenic Trail:
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Sharon Motor Lodge, Sharon
, 5 miles away |
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Old Drovers Inn, Dover Plains
, 7 miles away |
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The Cottages At Kent Road, New Milford
, 11 miles away |
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Red Carpet Inn & Suites New Milford, New Milford
, 11 miles away |
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Homestead Inn, New Milford
, 12 miles away |
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