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Dickinson Creek Trail route map
Difficulty: EasyOut and Back
Salmon River State Forest/Connecticut

Dickinson Creek Trail

Marlborough, Connecticut

1.7 mi

Distance

256 ft

Elev. Gain

37m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Easy

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Dickinson Creek Trail unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection manages this trail and is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

We have no current condition data for this trail. Check with the operator before you go, and submit a report below if you've been recently.

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Elevation Profile

Min:108 ft
Max:125 ft
Gain:78 ft
Loss:78 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 108 ft and 125 ft across 1.7 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.108 ft114 ft119 ft125 ft0.0 mi0.4 mi0.9 mi1.3 mi1.7 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi120 ft
High point1.3 mi125 ft
End1.7 mi120 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

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Source of truth

Where it is

Nearest town:
Lake Pocotopaug, CT · in or next to town
County:
Capitol Planning Region, CT
Jurisdiction:
Salmon River State Forest · Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

Verify by phone or mail

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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