The Blue-Blazed Hiking Trail system, managed by the Connecticut Forest & Park Association, and the related trail systems documented in the two-volume 19th Edition of the "Connecticut Walk Book" compri
Blue Blaze and CFPA Sign for scenic overlook spur on tree along Paugussett Trail near Golden Hill Lane in Shelton, Connecticut
An example of several different trail markers in use: wooden sign, blue diamond sign, light blue paint blazes. The Housatonic Range Trail (AKA Candlewood Mountain Trail) crossing on Squash Hollow Road in New Milford, CT.
At the Housatonic Range Trail's Northern Terminus: a wooden trail head sign and light blue painted wood tags indicating a left turn.
The Blue Blazes are not just for trees, where necessary they are painted on rocks, telephone poles, fences or power line towers. A right turn.
Regicides Trail is a Blue-Blazed hiking trail, about 7 miles long, roughly following the edge of a diabase, or traprock, cliff northwest of New Haven, Connecticut. It is named for two regicides, Edwar
Blue-Blazed Trails
…Ragged Mountain Regicides Risley Pond Loop Trail…
Lake Watrous in Woodbridge and Bethany, Connecticut is visible from an overlook on the Regicides Trail, 1.3 miles south of its northern junction with the Quinnipiac Trail.