Blue Loop

Blue Loop: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this trek: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Blue Loop

Season: October to February.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Blue Loop — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 41.88298, -72.33256. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Blue Loop

• Hicks-Stearns Family Museum · museum · Capitol Planning Region · ~4 km · Must-see
• Nye-Holman State Forest · sanctuary · Capitol Planning Region · ~4 km · Must-see
• Shenipsit Lake · lake · Capitol Planning Region · ~10 km · Must-see
• Shenipsit State Forest · sanctuary · Capitol Planning Region · ~14 km · Must-see
• Coventry Lake · lake · Capitol Planning Region · ~15 km · Must-see
• Snow Hill · viewpoint · Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region · ~16 km · Must-see
• Lake Chaffee · lake · Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region · ~16 km · Must-see
• Captain Nathan Hale Monument · fort · Capitol Planning Region · ~16 km · Must-see
• Hop River State Park Trail · sanctuary · Capitol Planning Region · ~16 km · Must-see
• Bolton Notch State Park · sanctuary · Capitol Planning Region · ~17 km · Must-see
• Nathan Hale Homestead · museum · Capitol Planning Region · ~17 km · Must-see
• Nathan Hale State Forest · sanctuary · Capitol Planning Region · ~17 km · Must-see
• Fifty Foot Cliff · viewpoint · Capitol Planning Region · ~18 km · Must-see
• Coney Rock Preserve · sanctuary · Capitol Planning Region · ~18 km · Must-see
• Boston Hollow · viewpoint · Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region · ~18 km · Must-see
• Wolf Rock Cliff · viewpoint · Capitol Planning Region · ~21 km · Must-see
• Ashford Lake · lake · Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region · ~21 km · Must-see
• Scantic River State Park · sanctuary · Capitol Planning Region · ~21 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Blue Loop

Other treks near Blue Loop

• Natchaug Trail · trek · Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region · ~23 km · Must-see
• New England National Scenic Trail · trek · Capitol Planning Region · ~27 km · Must-see
• Metacomet Trail · trek · Capitol Planning Region · ~48 km · Must-see
• Mattabesett Trail · trek · Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region · ~63 km · Must-see
• North South Trail · trek · Kent · ~69 km · Must-see
• Robert Frost Trail · trek · Hampshire · ~77 km · Must-see
• Midstate Trail · trek · Worcester · ~78 km · Must-see
• Metacomet - Monadnock Trail · trek · Franklin · ~79 km · Must-see
• Whitestone Cliffs Trail · trek · Naugatuck Valley Planning Region · ~83 km · Must-see
• Hancock Brook Trail · trek · Naugatuck Valley Planning Region · ~83 km · Must-see

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