Estimated distance: 5.27 miles
Weather: 39°F, beautiful, clear skies
Resources: Granville State Forest, Trail Map
Highlights of the trip: waterfalls during the drought!
Progress toward 2016 hiking goals: 53/52 hikes; 208.28/250 miles; 31.37/25 miles on Tunxis Trail
Though you don't get the beautiful foliage this late in the fall, you still get spectacular days for hiking. This was one of those days. My hiking partner and her husband joined me as we started at the parking lot on West Hartland Road near the Hubbard River Trail.
We were pleasantly surprised to hear rushing water as we headed toward the trail. We have been experiencing a drought with a rainfall deficit of around 12-inches. Reservoirs and other ponds are extremely low. A little rain earlier in the week didn't make much of a dent in the deficit, but gave us some beautiful waterfalls for our hike.
We followed the trail down along the river and then over to Hartland Hollow Road. We backtracked a little bit and took the Ore Hill Trail back to our car.
We saw a few other people out enjoying the trail, but we mostly had the place to ourselves. I have heard the waterfalls can be a bit of a hang-out in the summer, so I'll be sticking to the off-season for future hikes. There are many more miles of trails here, so I may have to give them a try.
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