Trumbull-Pequonnock

Date of Activity: 3/28/2009

Trail Ambassador Name:

Mark L

(pictured below)

Trail Ambassador Email: eatsleepfish [at] gmail [dot] com

Town: Trumbull

Location: Pequonnock River Valley (aka Trumbull)

Trails Ridden: White to Red to Yellow to Red, then unmarked, back to yellow, then unmarked, back to yellow, yellow to white to blue to white to blue to white to unmarked.

How did you use the trail?: Single Speed 29er MTB

What was the time of day?: Late Afternoon

Duration (Hours): 2 hrs

Distance (Miles): 7

Condition of Trail(s):

Very good and very dry. Some areas need more armoring but there are too many to list.

Observations:

Quite a few fire pits through out the park showing signs of recent use. Not too bright considering we are having a drought. One pit pictured below had cans and bottles all over the place. This fire pit is about 200 yards south on the blue trail from the foot bridge over the Pequonnock River. This is a disgrace!

N 41.27507 W 73.21994

Here is a map of the three issues. The Fire Pit as mentioned above, the new bridge discussed below, a new trail section. The new trail splits off the yellow trail past the Picnic Tables and actually quite flowy and downhill-ish. I would guess that this trail was just built.

Below is a new bridge being built over the Rusty River (at least that is what I call it), also on the Blue Trail. Not quite completed. Not sure who is making it but I fired off a note to the CT DEP to see if that was legitimate construction.

N 41.26968 W 73.21955

The supports for bridge appear to have been within the immediate area. There were two stumps that looked very fresh. The planking is regular lumber. Nothing has been done to anchor the bridge. If Rusty River ever got a big gush of water this bridge would be toast. Still, I question the legitimacy of this project. If it is legit then there ought to be some major rerouting of the white and blue trails to merge here and utilize this crossing.

A few other areas appear to have more trail gnome activity. There seems to be a new trail coming off the blue at the top of the old reservoir aka Serengeti that hooks into the bypass trail (avoids entering the Serengeti altogether). I wasn't familiar with this section but where the Red and Yellow trails come close to one another at the stream crossing (above the lower half of the Seregeti) there seems to be another trail traversing this ridge.