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Madison SYR
New Haven County
5/10k (3.1/6.2 mi)
April 1 - December 31, 2020
#2132
CLUB: Connecticut Valley Volkssport Club, AVA 784
AVA SPECIAL PROGRAM CLASSIFICATION(S):
- Walk the USA A-Z
A AWARD:
is a large embroidered patch showing a sandy trail and salt marsh
vegetation at Hammonasset Beach State Park. FEES: Everyone is welcome to participate in this event.
- "A" award with Credit $6.00
- "B" award with Credit $4.00
- IVV Credit $3.00
- Just walk free
TRAIL HIGHLIGHTS: The 5k and 10k trails traverse the Hammonasset Beach State Park and campgrounds (500 sites), the largest of 20 state parks in Connecticut and the largest shoreline nature sanctuary in the state. Several informational plaques along the route explain the geologic history of the area. 10k walkers can visit Meigs Point Nature Center, a new building that uses geothermal heating and cooling technology and photovoltaic solar panels. Exhibits feature live birds, reptiles, amphibians, and more. There are great views of the 2-mile beach, Long Island, and Faulkner’s Island from the Meigs Point observation platform, which sits atop a rocky moraine left by the retreating several-mile-thick glacier 20,000 years ago.
Additional information about this town can be found online at:
http://www.madisonct.org
TRAIL RATING:
The 5k and 10k trails are rated 1B and are not recommended for strollers/wheelchairs,
due to the soft beach sand.
START POINT LOCATION & HOURS:
DUNKIN DONUTS, 1315 Boston Post Rd., Madison. Tel: 203-245-1338.
Hours: Daily, dawn to dusk. Water and restrooms available.
DIRECTIONS:
FROM I-91N or I-91S: From I-95, either direction, take Exit 62. Proceed south on
Hammonasset Connector (Rt. 450) to Rt. 1, also known as the Boston Post Rd. Do NOT cross
Rt. 1 into Hammonasset Beach State Park (a hefty parking fee would be required), but rather
turn left (east) on Rt. 1. Proceed almost 0.5 miles to Dunkin Donuts on left.
Map
GPS Coordinates:
41° 16’ 26.286” N 72° 33’ 25.912” W
PARKING:
Dunkin Donuts parking lot. Parking is also available at the Shoreline Greenway Trail Parking Lot,
on south side of Rt. 1, just east of entrance to the park.
PETS:
Must be leashed.
CONTACT:
Eileen Anderson, 203-314-5401
eilande@comcast.net