American Horse Council's Recreation Section
 Featured Trail
Larkin State Park Trail in Southbury, Oxford, Naugatuck and Waterbury, CT
This 11-mile wildlife corridor of scenic and historic areas was dedicated by the late Charles Larkin to the State of Connecticut as a designated State Bridle Trail. For information, contact (860) 424-3200. (Department of Environmental Protection, State of Connecticut)
Passing through the rolling hills of western Connecticut between Danbury and Waterbury, one can see traces of a rail line. The route once boasted of providing the only direct passenger and freight service from Waterbury, Connecticut to Brewster, New York. In 1943, several years after the railway had been abandoned, a 10.3 mile section was given to the state by Dr. Charles L. Larkin for the purpose of establishing a state park and bridle trail.
Visit the Connecticut State Horse Council for more information about trails in Connecticut.
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"The Secretary may in his discretion, grant leases for building purposes for terms not exceeding ten years, of small parcels of ground, at such places in said park as shall require the erection of buildings for the accommodation of visitors; all of the proceeds of said leases, and all other revenues that may be derived from any source connected with said park, to be expended under his direction in the management of the same, and the construction of roads and bridle-paths therein."
--Act Establishing Yellowstone National Park, Sec. 2, 1872 |
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