Shenipsit State Forest
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Shenipsit State Forest is a state forest located in northeastern Connecticut with 11 parcels scattered between the towns of Somers, Ellington, and Stafford. The forest's headquarters is home to the Ci
View from Soapstone Mountain summit lookout tower in Connecticut's Shenipsit State Forest.
Shenipsit Trail
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The Shenipsit Trail is a Blue-Blazed hiking trail located in Central Connecticut between 3.5 and 7 miles east of the Connecticut River. It runs 50 miles in a north-south direction. The southern trailh
Shenipsit State Forest
…scattered with boulders and large rocks from the last ice age. Soapstone Mountain used to be the site of a soapstone quarry during the Colonial era. The Shenipsit Trail, which runs 40 miles (64 km) from East Hampton to Somers, passes through the Shenipsit State Forest and passes over the summit of Soapstone Mountain…
Blue blaze on tree near Case Mountain in Manchester marking the Shenipsit trail
Connecticut River as seen from Great Hill in the Meshomasic State Forest, just off the Shenipsit Trail
View from Lookout Mountain, just off the Shenipsit Trail.
The trail along Shenipsit Lake in Rockville