Rockland Preserve - Madison, CT
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Yes. It’s worth it and bigger than you think.
Park near Northern Exposure and do this:
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That's a 2 hour ride and doesn't hit a big chunk of the park. You can easily get 3 hours here. The Northern Exposure loop should drain well. The other parts are hit or miss but it's so dry right now I think it'll be fine.
Fair warning - when I went last year in August it was clearly not being maintained as well as the last time I had been there. Trees down, some features eroding away. I may have hit it in a bad time when the TM efforts were struggling to keep up. It was still a good ride.
Let us know how it goes. I am likely going to hit it on my way to/from MA in a few weeks. Hopefully stuff has been cleaned up a bit.
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That's a 2 hour ride and doesn't hit a big chunk of the park. You can easily get 3 hours here. The Northern Exposure loop should drain well. The other parts are hit or miss but it's so dry right now I think it'll be fine.
Fair warning - when I went last year in August it was clearly not being maintained as well as the last time I had been there. Trees down, some features eroding away. I may have hit it in a bad time when the TM efforts were struggling to keep up. It was still a good ride.
Let us know how it goes. I am likely going to hit it on my way to/from MA in a few weeks. Hopefully stuff has been cleaned up a bit.
stilluf
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Yes had a fun ride here. Not worth a 2-3 hour drive but combined with something else yes.
Rain held off and trails were a little dusty but overall good condition. The vegetation will need a haircut pretty soon but for now not a problem.
The trails we rode were well designed and definitely challenging in places (and maybe a bit janky as well)
Only complaint is lack of consistency on the drops v rollers. If you didnt know the trail then no way to know beforehand.
Rain held off and trails were a little dusty but overall good condition. The vegetation will need a haircut pretty soon but for now not a problem.
The trails we rode were well designed and definitely challenging in places (and maybe a bit janky as well)
Only complaint is lack of consistency on the drops v rollers. If you didnt know the trail then no way to know beforehand.
I do a lot of traveling (for both work & not work) and I find this pretty much true everywhere.
johnbryanpeters
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And it's OK.