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The 'Hancock Brook Trail' is a ''Blue-Blazed'' hiking trail Waterville Section of the City of Waterbury in New Haven County close to the borders of Thomaston and Plymouth, Litchfield County, Connecticut. It is contained overwhelmingly in a section of the Mattatuck State Forest bounded by Hancock Brook on the east, Thomaston Avenue on the west and Spruce Brook Road / Route 262 to the north. The 'Hancock Brook Trail' is listed as one of the Waterbury area trails in the Connecticut Walk Book West. The Hancock Brook Trail is a highly linear loop trail composed of two parallel north-south trails connected at the north and south. The eastern trail follows the western shore of Hancock Brook. The western trail follows the ridge line rising up a few yards from the western shore of the Hancock Brook. Notable features include a 660 foot summit (Lion Head ) and several overlook views.〔Connecticut Walk Book: A Trail Guide to the Connecticut Outdoors. 17th Edition. The Connecticut Forest and Park Association. Rockfall, Connecticut. Undated.〕 The trail is maintained largely through the efforts of the Connecticut Forest and Park Association. ==Trail description== The Hancock Brook Trail is primarily used for hiking, backpacking, rock climbing, and in the winter, snowshoeing. Portions of the trail are suitable for, and are used for, cross-country skiing and geocaching. Site-specific activities enjoyed along the route include bird watching, hunting (very limited), fishing, horseback riding, bouldering and rock climbing (limited). There is ATV and dirt bike (''motocross'') use on the trail in violation of the prohibion on state forest lands. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hancock Brook Trail」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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