Trips
This trail is found in the BigelowHollowState
Park within the NipmuckStateForest
in Union, Connecticut.
From the trailhead parking lot it walk up the East Ridge Trail (WHITE) north
until it ends at the Massachusetts border and then loop back south on the
Breakneck Pond View Trail (BLUE/WHITE DOT).
The first and last mile of this follows the Park Road used by the Department of
Environmental Protection and is easy enough. It is a dirt road and is well
trafficked...
Mashapaug Pond Trail (Blue/White Bar marked on State Park Trail Map).
This is a nice hike around the Bigelow Pond Loop blazed in yellow. It is within the Bigelow State Park that itself is within the Nipmuck State Forest.You can access the trail from a few different parking areas but the one on the northern part of this pond has the most room.In my opinion the western side has an older feel with dense foliage. It is at the bottom of a steep...
