Connecticut trails · Lake hikes
229 trails in Connecticut reach a named lake. Ranked by our data-richness score; every link opens the full stats or the live map.
| Trail | Length | Gain | Reaches |
|---|---|---|---|
| New England National Scenic Trail | 122.9 mi | — | Mount Pisgah, Chauncey Peak |
| Appalachian National Scenic Trail | 31.7 mi | — | Lions Head, Mount Prospect |
| Huntington Park Trail | 22.8 mi | — | South Pond, Lily Pond |
| Sleeping Giant Park Trail | 25.1 mi | — | Axle Shop Pond, Mount Carmel |
| westwoods forest trail | 28.0 mi | — | Beattie Pond, Bishops Pond |
| West Rock Park Trail | 14.3 mi | — | Lake Wintergreen, Farm Brook Reservoir |
| Pachaug Trail | 8.2 mi | — | Great Meadow Brook Pond, Wiclcabouet Marsh |
| cockaponset forest trail | 11.2 mi | — | Deuses Pond, Deep Hollow Reservoir |
| Pierrepont Park Trail | 6.4 mi | — | Barlow Mountain, Lake Naraneka |
| Naugatuck Forest Trail | 4.6 mi | — | Seymour Reservoir Number Two, Seymour Reservoirs |
| Mattatuck Trail | 4.2 mi | — | Black Rock, Black Rock Pond |
| Hop River Trail | 20.7 mi | — | Dobsonville Pond, Bolton Notch Pond |
| Old Furnace Trail | 2.2 mi | — | Half Hill, Lower Ross Pond |
| Larkin Bridle Trail | 10.7 mi | — | Barbers Pond, Joes Rock |
| Mohawk Forest Trail | 5.8 mi | — | Mohawk Mountain, Mohawk Pond |
| Charter Oak Greenway | 7.3 mi | — | Goulds Pond, Mount Nebo |
| Nipmuck Forest Trail | 8.0 mi | — | Sessions Meadow Marsh |
| Farmington Canal Trail | 10.6 mi | — | Mix Pond (historical), Axle Shop Pond |
| Millers Pond Park Trail | 11.2 mi | — | Millers Pond |
| Lillinonah Trail | 6.3 mi | — | Lake Lillinonah |
| Zoar Trail | 6.5 mi | — | Lake Zoar |
| Number 4 Trail | 4.7 mi | — | Wampee Pond, Old Man McMullen Pond |
| Quinnipiac Trail | 5.0 mi | — | Axle Shop Pond |
| Osbornedale Park Trail | 5.1 mi | — | Picketts Pond |
| chatfield trail | 2.6 mi | — | Foster Pond, Chestnut Hill |
| Old Furnace Park Trail | 0.9 mi | — | Half Hill, Lower Ross Pond |
| millers pond park trail | 7.1 mi | — | Millers Pond |
| Lower Ridgeline Run | 0.8 mi | — | Hartford Reservoir Number 3, Hartford Reservoir Number 5 |
| Pachaug Forest Trail | 0.8 mi | — | Dawley Pond, Great Meadow Brook Pond |
| Salmon River Trail | 4.0 mi | — | Day Pond |
| Mashapaug Pond View Trail | 5.0 mi | — | Mashapaug Pond |
| Quinebaug Trail | 5.9 mi | — | Lockes Meadow (historical) |
| Yellow Trail | 0.4 mi | — | Bell Reservoir, Bell Pond |
| White Trail | 0.1 mi | — | Bell Pond, Bell Reservoir |
| Red Trail | 0.2 mi | — | Mill Woods Pond, Bell Reservoir |
| Airline Trail | 22.9 mi | — | Palmer Pond |
| over brook trail | 1.4 mi | — | Madison Lakes, Hog Pond |
| scantic river park trail | 4.2 mi | — | Stowes Pond |
| Nature Trail | 0.9 mi | — | Lake Louise, The Pinnacle |
| Meshomasic Forest Trail | 4.0 mi | — | Hulseman Pond |
| Natchaug Trail | 4.6 mi | — | Black Spruce Pond |
| Grta | 6.8 mi | — | Upper Mianus Pond |
| mattabesett trail | 2.8 mi | — | Asylum Reservoir Number 2, Asylum Reservoir Number 1 |
| Metacomet Trail Bypass | 0.8 mi | — | The Pinnacle, Lake Louise |
| Carriage Path | 2.5 mi | — | Case Pond, Case Pond Upper |
| scantic river trail | 2.2 mi | — | Stowes Pond, Scitico River Reservoir |
| Penwood Park Trail | 3.9 mi | — | Gale Pond |
| Teacher's Trail | 0.7 mi | — | Hartford Reservoir Number 2, Dyke Pond |
| Munro Trail | 1.6 mi | — | Perrys Pond, Pecks Pond |
| Joan's Trail | 1.6 mi | — | Perrys Pond, Pecks Pond |
| Pattaconk Trail | 3.9 mi | — | Pattaconk Reservoir |
| Aspetuck Valley Trail | 5.8 mi | — | Hedmons Pond |
| Indian Neck | 3.9 mi | — | Limewood Beach, Talmages Ice Pond |
| Ridge Trail | 1.3 mi | — | Old Mill Pond, Schreeder Pond |
| Breakneck Pond View Trail | 1.8 mi | — | Cat Rocks, Breakneck Pond |
| Pisgah Brook | 3.6 mi | — | Lidyhites Pond |
| Squantz Pond Park Trail | 1.9 mi | — | Squantz Pond |
| Perkins Mtn Trail | 0.9 mi | — | Perkins Mountain, Hurds Lake |
| Narragansett Trail | 3.1 mi | — | Gallup Pond |
| Blue/White Circle Trail | 1.1 mi | — | Guilford Lakes, Guilford Lake |