There’s the Airline Trail in East Hampton, but that’s a bit of a hike from FFC.

The Airline trail is the longest stretch of gravel that I know of in the state. Starts in East Hampton and goes to Mass. there’s also tons of mixed asphalt and gravel north of you in the Kent/Cornwall area along the Houssy

Huntington Park in Redding is good.

Also recommend Mountain Lakes Park in North Salem NY.

Roosevelt Forest in Stratford

west hartford reservoir has some

Tyler Mill in Wallingford

https://steeprockassoc.org/ in Washington Depot.

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Rails to trails

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https://www.railstotrails.org/our-work/united-states/connecticut/

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PS I didn't see the part about gravel trails, these are regular trails.

There is biking there?

Trumbull rail trail

Look up the CT 'Rails to Trails' route. It's not difficult, but it's nice to watch the scenery pass by while you ride.

Check www.trailforks.com for your area. Tons of great trails around the state, including in our many awesome state parks and state forests.

This site should have a ton of info on difficulty and trail conditions, as well as if it's bike-only or multi use.

Thanks everyone!

Gravelmap is a pretty handy resource for stitching together gravel roads in CT: https://gravelmap.com/#8.69/41.5885/-73.0269

Like a bunch of other folks said, the Airline Trail is fantastic. It intersects with the Hop River trail in Willimantic as well. In that same region, there's also some fantastically hilly dirt roads that run through the Meshomasic State Forest. Some pretty sick 10% grade roller coaster stuff in there, I absolutely love it.

It's possible to stitch Airline, Hop River, and The Mesh together to create a pretty huge and unforgettable gravel loop. You can also check out the maps on Trailforks, you'll notice that there's a whole bunch of singletrack MTB trails that intersect the rail trails. So there's plenty of opportunity to get rowdy and underbike it on a 650B wheel set too.

You should also plan on checking out next year's Nutmeg Nor'easter event. The photos speak for themselves: https://theradavist.com/6th-annual-nutmeg-noreaster-an-alternative-new-england-experience/

I see gravel guys in the Meshomasic all the time...don't know how those things survive. The "gravel" trails out west are groomed AF

Why the gravel bikes not tough enough?

Norbrook brewery has dedicated, groomed biking trails on their property that's open to the public. They own something like 400 acres and allow public riding on their trails, that are rated green, blue and black. They are some of the best trails in the state and you can grab a fresh beer when you're done riding!

Sure. It’s about 5 miles if you hit all the trails.

Edit: there’s only a very short gravel run from parking lot to Boy Scout lean-tos, but 5 miles of regular trails. To me they are easy, but it’s not like a rail trail so YMMV.

Awesome to know'

So more mtb?

I think one can pick up the Airline Trail in Portland now.

I second this area. There's miles of mountain biking trails off the main body in the state forest as well.

Yes. I took “gravel biking” to mean mountain biking, but maybe it’s its own thing and I’m mistaken.

Yes way two different things

Big asterisk there, the short Portland extension is NOT CONNECTED to the main airline trail, there is wetlands splitting it and the funding to fix that was cut

thanks for that correction. I knew they were working on it but wasn't sure if it was completed. I guess some day it will.