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Shenipsit Trail route map
Difficulty: DifficultOut and Back
Connecticut

Shenipsit Trail

Glastonbury, Connecticut

11.4 mi

Distance

1,890 ft

Elev. Gain

4h 33m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Shenipsit 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.

The managing agency 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:148 ft
Max:271 ft
Gain:576 ft
Loss:576 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 148 ft and 271 ft across 11.4 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.148 ft189 ft230 ft271 ft0.0 mi2.9 mi5.7 mi8.6 mi11.4 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi267 ft
High point0.1 mi271 ft
End11.4 mi267 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Manchester, CT · about 3 mi away
County:
Capitol Planning Region, CT

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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