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Moderate Hiking Trails near West Torrington

The directory currently contains 80 quality-checked routes matching this guide near West Torrington. Their average mapped distance is 2.4 km and average recorded ascent is 111 m (364 ft); the longest route in the set is 14.1 km.

This subset represents 45% of the 177 quality-checked routes near West Torrington. Its average distance is 2.4 km, compared with 4.0 km across the full local set.

Every route in this set is rated moderate by the directory’s distance-and-elevation model. Technical terrain and live conditions are not part of that rating. Within this set, 0 routes (0%) are rated easy, 0 (0%) are rated hard or expert, and 13 (16%) are recorded as loops. Ratings are computed from available distance and elevation data and do not establish current terrain or access.

Data refreshed September 2026

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A closer look at the first 6 routes in this page’s default ordering. These comparisons describe this sample, not the entire destination or a field-tested recommendation.

Shortest mapped distance in this sample

0.5 km

Summit Trail

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Lowest recorded ascent in this sample

0 m

Mountain Spring Nature Trail

6 of 6 have ascent data. Missing measurements are excluded.

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1 recorded loop

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Trails

Whitestone Cliffs Trail. Blue-Blazed CFPA "loop" foot path in Mattatuck State Forest. Whitestone Cliffs Trail. Blue-Blazed CFPA "loop" foot path in Mattatuck State Forest. Whitestone Cliffs Trail head sign on Spruce Brook Road / Mt Tobe.
Moderate

Whitestone Cliffs Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
2.2 km
/ 1.4 mi
Elevation gain
84 m
Typical duration
35 min
  • Coastal
  • Waymarked route
Jericho Blue-Blazed Trail. Ruins of Bridge at end of Sheffield Street, Waterbury. Trailhead for Hancock Brook Trail.
Moderate

Hancock Brook Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
4.2 km
/ 2.6 mi
Elevation gain
212 m
Typical duration
1 hr 11 min
  • River
  • Waymarked route
Jericho Blue-Blazed Trail. Ferns on ledges on climb up ravine at mid-point in Jericho Trail.
Moderate

Jericho Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
5.2 km
/ 3.2 mi
Elevation gain
312 m
Typical duration
1 hr 33 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Summit Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
0.5 km
/ 0.3 mi
Elevation gain
23 m
Typical duration
8 min
  • Mountain
  • Summit push
  • Panoramic viewpoint
Lake Compounce Amusement Park Non-Ski Lift High Point on Tunxis Trail in Bristol, CT.
Moderate

Compounce Connector Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
0.8 km
/ 0.5 mi
Elevation gain
141 m
Typical duration
22 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Elliott Bronson Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
3.1 km
/ 1.9 mi
Elevation gain
174 m
Typical duration
54 min
  • Waymarked route
Housatonic Range Blue-Blazed Trail. Blue-Blazed CFPA linear foot path from Candlewood Mountain in New Milford and to Gaylordsville Cemetary in Gaylordsville. Housatonic Range CFPA Blue-Blazed Trail in New Milford. Housatonic Range Trail (AK
Moderate

Housatonic Range Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
4.9 km
/ 3.0 mi
Elevation gain
360 m
Typical duration
1 hr 34 min
  • Waymarked route
Tri-state boundary marker on the Mount Frissell Trail in Mount Washington State Forest marks Connecticut's northwest corner even though Connecticut is just "graffiti' on the granite (only Massachusetts and New York are engraved in the stone
Moderate

Mt. Frissell

Connecticut · United States

Distance
2.9 km
/ 1.8 mi
Elevation gain
253 m
Typical duration
59 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Robet Ross Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
3.6 km
/ 2.2 mi
Elevation gain
260 m
Typical duration
1 hr 8 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Steep Climb Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
1.1 km
/ 0.7 mi
Elevation gain
190 m
Typical duration
31 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Blue Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
1.5 km
/ 1.0 mi
Elevation gain
54 m
Typical duration
24 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Blue-White-Dot Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
1.1 km
/ 0.7 mi
Elevation gain
20 m
Typical duration
15 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Fire Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
0.9 km
/ 0.6 mi
Elevation gain
75 m
Typical duration
18 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Former Tunxis Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
1.6 km
/ 1.0 mi
Elevation gain
35 m
Typical duration
24 min
  • Waymarked route
Haystack Mountain Tower, 43 North St. Norfolk
Moderate

Haystack Tower Loop Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
2.6 km
/ 1.6 mi
Elevation gain
135 m
Typical duration
44 min
  • Waymarked route
Holiday House was a retreat for young working women from New York City operated by the St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church and was the reason for the "Valley" station along the Shepaug Railroad. These steps are part of the remains of the ret
Moderate

Holiday House Loop

Connecticut · United States

Distance
1.5 km
/ 0.9 mi
Elevation gain
60 m
Typical duration
24 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Pinney Loop

Connecticut · United States

Distance
3.4 km
/ 2.1 mi
Elevation gain
98 m
Typical duration
51 min
  • Waymarked route
The Steep Rock Association gate across the former right of way of the Shepaug, Litchfield and Northern Railroad in Washington, just south of Washington Depot. The Shepaug River is visible through the trees to the left of the trailhead signb
Moderate

Steep Rock Loop

Connecticut · United States

Distance
6.3 km
/ 3.9 mi
Elevation gain
160 m
Typical duration
1 hr 33 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Waquaheag Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
2.1 km
/ 1.3 mi
Elevation gain
109 m
Typical duration
36 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

White Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
0.8 km
/ 0.5 mi
Elevation gain
76 m
Typical duration
17 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Yellow Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
2.5 km
/ 1.6 mi
Elevation gain
116 m
Typical duration
42 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Yellow Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
3.1 km
/ 1.9 mi
Elevation gain
113 m
Typical duration
49 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Blue Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
1.0 km
/ 0.6 mi
Elevation gain
77 m
Typical duration
20 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Blue Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
1.3 km
/ 0.8 mi
Elevation gain
49 m
Typical duration
21 min
  • Waymarked route
The south portal of the Shepaug railroad tunnel through the "Clamshell" in the Steep Rock Preserve in Washington, Connecticut.
Moderate

Clamshell Loop

Connecticut · United States

Distance
3.6 km
/ 2.3 mi
Elevation gain
92 m
Typical duration
54 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Metacomet Loop Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
7.5 km
/ 4.7 mi
Elevation gain
89 m
Typical duration
1 hr 42 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Red Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
1.9 km
/ 1.2 mi
Elevation gain
57 m
Typical duration
29 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Yellow Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
1.7 km
/ 1.1 mi
Elevation gain
53 m
Typical duration
26 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Waterfall Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
0.5 km
/ 0.3 mi
Elevation gain
6 m
Typical duration
7 min
  • Waterfall
Moderate

Mary Moore Cliff Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
1.2 km
/ 0.8 mi
Elevation gain
106 m
Typical duration
25 min
  • Coastal
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Red Mountain Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
4.7 km
/ 2.9 mi
Elevation gain
169 m
Typical duration
1 hr 13 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

High Ridge Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
1.0 km
/ 0.6 mi
Elevation gain
28 m
Typical duration
15 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Lookout Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
0.7 km
/ 0.4 mi
Elevation gain
34 m
Typical duration
12 min
  • Panoramic viewpoint
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Blue Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
7.2 km
/ 4.5 mi
Elevation gain
212 m
Typical duration
1 hr 49 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Yellow Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
4.0 km
/ 2.5 mi
Elevation gain
166 m
Typical duration
1 hr 6 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Blue Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
1.7 km
/ 1.0 mi
Elevation gain
22 m
Typical duration
23 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Blue Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
0.9 km
/ 0.6 mi
Elevation gain
9 m
Typical duration
13 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Red Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
1.2 km
/ 0.7 mi
Typical duration
15 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Caleb's Peak Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
0.9 km
/ 0.5 mi
Elevation gain
21 m
Typical duration
13 min
  • Mountain
  • Summit push
  • Panoramic viewpoint
View from Cobble Mountain summit with New York State's Catskill Mountains in background. In Connecticut's Macedonia Brook State Park.
Moderate

Cobble Mountain Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
1.4 km
/ 0.9 mi
Elevation gain
194 m
Typical duration
35 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
View from Cobble Mountain summit with New York State's Catskill Mountains in background. In Connecticut's Macedonia Brook State Park.
Moderate

Macedonia Ridge Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
10.3 km
/ 6.4 mi
Elevation gain
513 m
Typical duration
2 hr 55 min
  • Mountain
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Blue-Yellow Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
14.1 km
/ 8.8 mi
Elevation gain
341 m
Typical duration
3 hr 27 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Overlook Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
1.6 km
/ 1.0 mi
Elevation gain
61 m
Typical duration
26 min
  • Panoramic viewpoint
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Trinity Forest Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
0.7 km
/ 0.4 mi
Elevation gain
30 m
Typical duration
11 min
  • Forest
Moderate

Agnes Bowen Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
4.1 km
/ 2.6 mi
Elevation gain
139 m
Typical duration
1 hr 4 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

Blue Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
2.4 km
/ 1.5 mi
Elevation gain
112 m
Typical duration
40 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

North Trail

Connecticut · United States

Distance
5.7 km
/ 3.5 mi
Elevation gain
97 m
Typical duration
1 hr 20 min
  • Waymarked route

The shortlist, side by side

The ten highest scoring routes on this page, so you can compare effort before opening any of them.

Distance, ascent, walking time and difficulty for the top routes
RouteDistanceAscentTimeDifficultyBest season
Whitestone Cliffs TrailConnecticut2.2 km84 m35 minModerateApril to October
Hancock Brook TrailConnecticut4.2 km212 m1 hr 11 minModerateApril to October
Mountain Spring Nature TrailConnecticut0.5 km0 m6 minModerateApril to October
Jericho TrailConnecticut5.2 km312 m1 hr 33 minModerateApril to October
Summit TrailConnecticut0.5 km23 m8 minModerateApril to October
Compounce Connector TrailConnecticut0.8 km141 m22 minModerateApril to October
Elliott Bronson TrailConnecticut3.1 km174 m54 minModerateApril to October
Housatonic Range TrailConnecticut4.9 km360 m1 hr 34 minModerateApril to October
Mt. FrissellConnecticut2.9 km253 m59 minModerateApril to October
Robet Ross TrailConnecticut3.6 km260 m1 hr 8 minModerateApril to October

Whitestone Cliffs Trail, Hancock Brook Trail, Mountain Spring Nature Trail currently rank highest in this filtered set according to the directory score. Open an individual route to inspect its mapped line, elevation profile, data source and planning caveats. Check live access, conditions and local rules with an official source before travelling.

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