Macedonia Brook State Park

On October 13, 2012, we visited Macedonia Brook State Park in Kent, Connecticut.  This state park covers over 2300 acres and is also open to camping.  There are many trails to choose from throughout the park.  We started our day on the white trail named Cobble Mtn Trail.  This portion of the white trail was intense...since we have been slackers lately!  The incline is quite steep in sections but manageable. More like a climb on the way up than a hike!  The white trail crosses with the blue trail at the peak of the hill and you get a nice scenic view.  There are a couple view points from the blue trail which runs the higher ground of the park.  

We continued down the blue trail which was more challenging than the white trail.  This 0.44 mile section of the blue trail was steep.  You can't use your trek poles in certain sections because of all the rock face.  We had to slide down the rock in one part.  In another section we had to maneuver our feet and hands in order to get down.  This again was more of a rock climbing section.  But we welcomed the challenge.  Once we descended the blue trail, we hiked a small section of the green trail.  The green trail merges with the orange trail once you cross the road.  As you travel down the orange trail you run into the camp sites.  Each section of campsites have their own out houses.  So this state park is woman friendly!  Anyways, we walked past more campsites to the edge of the Hilltop Pond.  On our way back to the car we walked the Macedonia Brook Road.  We spent only 2.5 hours at the park this day since we did not realize how big the park was.  We logged about 3.5 miles and plan on hiking the entire blue trail on our next visit.  Don't forget to pack a lunch!