On of the trails in Northeast Connecticut is called the Airline. It is the leftovers from an old Boston-New York railroad.
The grade on the trail is never more than 3% so it is a rather level walk. Sadly much of this old railroad is all but a swamp. The old road bed near the Audubon Bird Scantuary in Pomfret is a very nice walk. There is a parking place near the intersection of routes 44 and 169. Currently a little info area is being constructed on the west side of the road. the path at this location is an easy and very pleasant walk, though you do have to negotiate the swampy parts. This trail can be as long or as short as you want as these walks are not a circuit but rather out and back. I have highlighted on the map that
part of the Airline that starts in Putnam and continues to Hampton. Despite the2 swamp I would rate these sections of the airline as a 2, it is level. The marked path is 10.5 miles long.
The grade on the trail is never more than 3% so it is a rather level walk. Sadly much of this old railroad is all but a swamp. The old road bed near the Audubon Bird Scantuary in Pomfret is a very nice walk. There is a parking place near the intersection of routes 44 and 169. Currently a little info area is being constructed on the west side of the road. the path at this location is an easy and very pleasant walk, though you do have to negotiate the swampy parts. This trail can be as long or as short as you want as these walks are not a circuit but rather out and back. I have highlighted on the map that 
part of the Airline that starts in Putnam and continues to Hampton. Despite the2 swamp I would rate these sections of the airline as a 2, it is level. The marked path is 10.5 miles long.
This is a perfect example of what you see when you walk, that you don't see from the car. Sharon's bench is not in an out-of-the-way place -- we drive by it many times every month.
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