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The Narragansett Trail is a Connecticut hiking trail and is one of the ''Blue-Blazed hiking trails'' maintained by the Connecticut Forest and Park Association and the Narragansett Council, the Rhode Island chapter of the Boy Scouts of America. The trail is located in the towns of Ledyard, Voluntown and North Stonington in eastern Connecticut as well the Connecticut/Rhode Island border and it traverses the Lantern Hill section of the Mashantucket Pequot Reservation, the Groton Sportsman Club, the Nature Conservancy's Gladys Foster Preserve, the Pachaug State Forest Green Falls Pond area and the Rhode Island Boy Scouts Narragansett Council Camp Yawgoog reservation property. For fifteen and one half miles the Narragansett Trail is primarily a southwest-to-northeast trail. At the easternmost end the trail becomes a north-to-south trail section which strictly follows the Connecticut/Rhode Island border south for one half mile. Notable features include the summits of Lantern Hill and High Ledge. The trail goes near, but does not summit Cossaduck Hill and Pendleton Hill.〔Connecticut Walk Book: A Trail Guide to the Connecticut Outdoors. 17th Edition. The Connecticut Forest and Park Association. Rockfall, Connecticut. Undated.〕 ==Trail description== The Narragansett Trail is a Blue-Blazed hiking trail and extends from Wintechog Road near the intersection with Connecticut Route 2 in Ledyard, Connecticut to Green Fall Road in North Stonington at the Connecticut / Rhode Island state line. Much of the Narragansett Trail is on state land within the Pachaug State Forest. The Narragansett Trail connects to public recreation areas maintained by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection at Green Falls Pond and Wyassup Lake in Pachaug State Forest. Much of the Narragansett Trail is flat or has gradual ascents and descents and is suitable for casual walking or hiking, running - or snowshoeing in the winter. The steepest section is where the trail traverses the closed section of Flat Rock Road. The Narragansett Trail crosses streams and wetland areas that are subject to flooding in periods of significant rain and snow melt. In particular the trail sections close to Hell Hollow Pond and Lockes Meadow Pond are low-lying areas which are often under water. The trail connects to two other Blue-Blazed trails in Connecticut's Pachaug State Forest: in the Green Falls Pond area via the Green Falls Pond Loop connector trail—the Nehantic Trail and Pachaug Trail. The Green Falls Pond Loop trail and Narragansett Trail overlap for a section of the southern and eastern shores of Green Falls Pond. The Narragansett Trail also connects to several non-Blue-Blazed Trails. Near its western end it connects to and overlaps with sections of the Lantern Hill trail and loop trail as well as several unmarked trails. The Tippecansett Trail and a Rhode Island extension of the Narragansett Trail connect to the Narragansett Trail at the Connecticut / Rhode Island state border. 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「Narragansett Trail」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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