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Hurd State Park Short Loop route map
Difficulty: EasyLoop
Hurd State Park/Connecticut

Hurd State Park Short Loop

Middle Haddam, Connecticut

2.7 mi

Distance

469 ft

Elev. Gain

Loop

Route Type

Easy

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Hurd State Park Short Loop 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

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Elevation Profile

Min:11 ft
Max:128 ft
Gain:143 ft
Loss:143 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 11 ft and 128 ft across 2.7 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.11 ft50 ft89 ft128 ft0.0 mi0.7 mi1.3 mi2.0 mi2.7 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi111 ft
High point2.2 mi128 ft
End2.7 mi111 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

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Source of truth

Where it is

Nearest town:
Higganum, CT · about 1 mi away
County:
Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT
Jurisdiction:
Hurd State Park · Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

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

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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