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    Mianus River Park

    4.5 (17 reviews)
    Closed 6:00 am - 6:00 pm

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    Gary N.

    I was looking for a quiet place to take get some exercise for my dog and I. I went on a Monday overcast day. Got lost had a great time!! LOL

    Katherine P.

    Mianus River Park consists of three similarly named parks, one owned by Stamford, one owned by Greenwich, and one owned by the state, that are all in one seamless area, so generally when people are referring to Mianus River Park, they're referring to all three. If you go on a weekend, be warned: This park has one of the worst parking situations I have ever encountered amongst all of the parks I have been to. There are two lots: One on Merriebrook Lane in Stamford, and one on Cognewaugh Road in Greenwich. We tried the Stamford one first but the tiny unpaved lot was jammed with cars, spilling out onto the nearby street. There is not a lot of signage for parking rules or regulations, and the lots aren't striped in any way, so it is pretty chaotic. We decided to head over to the Greenwich side of the park and were lucky enough to squeeze our car into a tiny space. The lot is equally chaotic on this side as well. Once you are able to get away from the parking headache, the park itself is beautiful, wooded and hilly, with quite a few trails to explore. The trails are for the most part well maintained and blazed very clearly. There's quite a bit of mountain biking going on, so hikers beware. Overall a great park with some nice small trails, but be prepared to be patient for parking on the weekends.

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    Beautiful in the fall. Mostly flat. Only wish they had better trail markers. (Especially green)

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    8 years ago

    Love this place. One of the many great parks of Greenwich. Huge amounts of wooded trails and beautiful waterfalls along the Mianus river

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    There are two lots: One on Merriebrook Lane in Stamford, and one on Cognewaugh Road in Greenwich.

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    Naugatuck State Forest - In the Quillinan Reservoir Block - great hiking for humans and 4 legged friends.

    Naugatuck State Forest

    4.7(3 reviews)
    32.4 mi

    There's a few different sections of the Naugatuck State Forest. We went to the Quillinan Reservoir…read moreBlock, which is in Ansonia. There are a few ways to access this park, we decided to go from the Ansonia Nature Center. The transition over to State Forest is pretty subtle, mainly with some markings on the trees. This park is also adjacent to some watershed land, that is also marked really well. This park has some nice hiking trails, with a lot of different loop options. We ended up doing a 10k (6 miles) hike, on the white and purple loop trails. The trails are nicely blazed, and there's a really good variety of trees. We went through some hardwoods and some pine forest, and there were lots of plants and some water views of the reservoir at various points along the hike. It's not too strenuous elevation wise, which was nice for a moderate hike. Mountain biking is allowed in the park, and we saw several people out for a ride, so it seems a pretty popular location for biking, and the trails seem not overly eroded. My only complaint is this park is adjacent to a gun club, so for a good chunk of the hike (mostly the white trail) was done to the sound of near constant gunfire. It's not the most tranquil thing, especially if you're sensitive to that sound.

    This is a beautiful walk around the reservoir. The day was overcast with a threat of rain, but the…read moretemperature today made up for the darkened skies. Colorful leaves are starting to pop out everywhere, and I suppose this place will be in it's prime in a week or so. If you're in the neighborhood, you have to stop by and enjoy the scenery.

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    Glacier Ridge Mountain Bike Trail

    Glacier Ridge Mountain Bike Trail

    5.0(3 reviews)
    33.7 mi

    Visit Date: July 24, 2020…read more I was visiting Farmingville for what I thought was one last time of fairy dusting, but I may end up back there again. This was the second hiking trail I found in Farmingivlle. This is a trail that you can hike on but I think it's meant more for mountain biking. I didn't have a whole day to complete the ten miles on the whole trail by hiking, I ended up doing about two miles before I found my way back. This trail was beautiful, but I generally give most trails about 5 stars. I love to get lost in the woods and just forget I'm on Long Island and this trail definitely helped me do that. From a hiking perspective I'd say try to get here as early as possible before mountain bikers start coming to use it. When I was on it I didn't see any mountain bikers.

    Although there is a blue "easy " trail and a black "difficult " trail , both are very hard. Not for…read morebeginners. This is a great well maintained trail and what a workout! I met the trail master Carey( hope I didn't butcher his name) during my ride and a few other bikers. He led us up the black diamond trail 1000 ft elevation! Unfortunately I couldn't keep up but I plan to conquer it! Back to the blue trail for me and whew! My bow flex stations bike has nothing on Glacier! No pics cause I was to exhausted to worry about a phone! Lol next time. Carey also does gatherings with bbq's and Rockefeller oysters in the parking lot and night rides there. It's well lit at night. I'll definitely be back there more often. The mountain bike community is just a great community of people who always look out for each other.

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