Source: AMC's Best Day Hikes in Connecticut: Four-Season Guide to 50 of the Best Trails from the Highlands to the Coast

Winter Activities:
  • Cross-country skiing
What you’ll see: For memorable views, and benches by a lovely, quiet lake, this is the trail to travel.

What you’ll experience: What’s in the area:
  • Woodlands of elm, maple, black birch, flowering dogwood, and arrowwood
  • Crescent Lake dam
Getting there:
  • From Interstate 691 in Meriden, take the Broad Street exit. Turn north onto Broad Street and travel 0.4 mile to Westfield Road. Turn right onto Westfield Road, pass over the railroad tracks, and proceed to the junction with Wall Street, which enters on the right. Continue on Westfield Road, passing beneath Route 15 and coming to the intersection with Bee Street, which enters on the right. A golf course is on the left. Turn left and follow Westfield Roadfor another 0.1 mile to the entrance to Giuffrida Park on the left.