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Southford Falls Red Trail route map
Difficulty: ModerateLoop
Southford Falls State Park/Connecticut

Southford Falls Red Trail

Southbury, Connecticut

1.7 mi

Distance

318 ft

Elev. Gain

42m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Moderate

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Southford Falls Red 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

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Elevation Profile

Min:125 ft
Max:191 ft
Gain:97 ft
Loss:97 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 125 ft and 191 ft across 1.7 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.125 ft147 ft169 ft191 ft0.0 mi0.4 mi0.8 mi1.3 mi1.7 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi152 ft
High point0.8 mi191 ft
End1.7 mi152 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:
Heritage Village, CT · about 3 mi away
County:
Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT
Jurisdiction:
Southford Falls State Park · 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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