Trail Segment OneManchester Line to Dart Hill Road- Connect to Manchester HRLPTrails- Parking at Existing Quality Inn Overflow Lot- Starting Point for Annual Manchester Hockanum River Canoe Race- Add Signage for HRLP Trail Access- Connect to Tankerhoosen River Trail- Connect to Vernon Rails-to-Trails

Tri-City Plaza

Optional Trail Loop

Trail Follows Weston Pl

Optional Parking for Trail Access

Residence

Tankerhoosen River Trail- Parking at Church- Trail Signage

Connection of Vernon Rail-to-Trailto Tankerhoosen River Trail- Elm Hill Road Access Point- Trail Signage- Barricade System for Motor Bikes - Stone Dust Trail

Trail Segment FiveManchester Line to Dart Hill Road- Start at Talcottville Congregational Church or New Parking Area at Main Street Cul-de-Sac- Use Abandoned Rail Lines for Completing Trail Loop and Connecting to HRLP at Dart Hill Road and Rockville and Valley Falls Park- Tie into Talcottville Historical Walking Tour

Mill SiteMill Ruins

Mill Ruins

Falls

Dobsonville Fire Station #2- Possible Parking and Trail Access Site

Mill SiteFalls

Tankerhoosen LakeLakeview (At Tankerhoosen Lake)

Boat Launch

CattailSwamp

Trail Under I-84

Tankerhoosen River Trail- Trail Signage- Parking- Picnic Area- Barricade System for Motor Bikes

Vernon Town Park- Trail Signage & Parking- Access to TRT- Boat Launch- Historic Mill Site

Dobsonville Pond

HRLP Trail Accessvia Rail Line- Trail Signage- Parking- Barricade System

River Crossing- New Bridge on Existing Abutments

Connection to Valley Falls Parkand Shenipsit BlueTrail on RR R.O.W

Vernon Depot- Historic Site of RR Depot. Historic School, Post Office and Store from 1800's

I84

I84

I84

Use ExistingWalkway Under I-84(Improved Surface)

No Sidewalk on Kelly Road

FormerCinemaQuality Inn

Talcottville Mill

Possible Construction from HRLPTrail over Talcottville Mill Property and over Footbridge on Main St

Talcottville CongregationalChurch

TalcottFamily Residence

Historic Bridge Talcottville

Pond

Footbridge Spans Brook

Hockanum River Linear ParkVernon, ConnecticutMaster Plan

Footbridge OverDrainage Outfall

Optional Trail Loop

Vernon Town Park- Trail Signage - Small Parking Area- Access HRLP Segment One Trail- Boardwalk Through Marsh with Observation Deck

Use Existing Bridge

Mill Site

View of Breached Dam

Boardwalk

ObservationDeck Footbridge

Marianist Father's

Vernon Town Park:Dart Hill North- HRLP Trail Access- Trail Signage - Parking- Picnic Area- 1/4 Mile Loop Trail

Briar Knoll Apartmentswith

Existing TrailAround Pond

HRLPTrail Access

River Crossing- Secondary HRLP Trail Loop from Dart Hill Road South

River Crossing- Existing Bridge- Primary HRLP West Trail Loop from Dart Hill South

Vernon Town Park:Dart Hill South- HRLP Trail Access- Trail Signage at Dart Hill Road- Parking- Picnic Areas- Nature Education Center- Ballfields

OverheadTransmission

Lines

Optional1/4 Mile Loop

Dart Hill Road BridgeFuture Reconstruction

Should Include Trail Accomodations

Trail Segment TwoDart Hill Road to Windsorville Road- Dart Hill Park Sites as Trail Nodes- Parking at Park Sites- Connection to Rockville Tankerhoosen River Trail and Valley Falls Park on Abondoned Rail Lines over Dart Hill Road/Regan Road/Center Road

Trail Segment ThreeEllington Marsh- Spur Trail from Rail Abutment on Route 74 at Sewage Treatment Plant- Loop Trail from Senior Housing- Connect to Ellington Portion of River- Park at Sewage Treatment Plant and Senior Housing- Connect to Rockville/Segment Four Along Road on Route 83

Rockville High School

Trail Segment FourRockville- Connect from Ellington Marsh/ Segment Three along Road- Start at West Side Veterans Memorial Park- Tie into Historical Walking Tour - Terminates at Shenipsit Lake, the Sources of the Hockanum River

Ellington Marsh Spur Trail- Trail on top of Old Rail Line to Boardwalk into Marsh with Observation Deck- Improve Existing Cleared Trail

Connect to HRLPfrom Rail-to-Trail

Sherwood Arms

Country Wood

Footbridge

Footbridge

Woodmere PlaceTennis

Vernon Gardens

Alternate Trail

Alternate Trail

Pool

Existing(Main) Trail

Water Treatment Plant

Trail FollowsRoad

to RockvilleSegment

Vernon Senior Housing

View

ViewView

Boardwalk

Utilize ExistingPaths

for Loop Trail

Ellington Connection- Continue Trail along Rail Line and River for a Continuous HRLP Trail System

Retail/Restauramt Plaza- Footbridge connection from Ellington Marsh Segment to Rockville Segment

SaxonyMill Park

FiretownGas Station

Liquor Store

Office/Apts

Gottier Fuel

West Side VeteransMemorial Park- First View of River in Rockville

Shepard's Building(Hockanum Mill)

SpringvilleApts.

Corner Lot- Improve and Landscape- Trail Signage

Hockanum ValleyCommunity Council

Falls

Potential Sitting Area

Florence Mill Apts- Relocate Rear Fence for Trail to Pass

Falls andGorge

Gorge and Historic Mill

West Main StreetPlayground

TownHall

TalcottPark

Court House

Falls

Ano-Coil

Mill Pond Park- Trail Signage- Pocket Park with Seating Overlooking Falls- Links Historic Tour with HRLP Trail

Samual Fitch and Sons Mill,Now Daniel's WarehouseDart Stone Mill/Cyrus White Co.,Now Amerbelle Corp.Belding Silk Mills.Now Amerbelle Corp.

Corner Park- Trail Signage- Start Historic Tour and Link with HRLP Trail- Seating for Scenic Views of Pond and Mill Buildings

Grove Hill Cemetery

Footbridge

View of Lake

Roosevelt Mill(Vacant)

MinterburnCourt MacDermid Rockville Corp.

of Waterbury (Vacant)

Fence overRiver

River Park- Rebuild Old Spillway- Observation Deck Below Falls- Views of Historic Leed's Mill and Gorge

ClubKosciuszko

Ladd & Hall Co.

Corner Parking Lot- Improve Image- Landscape- Trail Signage- Steps up from trail

Condos(New England Co.)

Steps Up

Shenipsit Lake Trail- Existing Trail Around Lake Through Water Company Land- HRLP Trail Linkage

Henry Park Fox Hill

This map was revised by George Arthur and the Town of Vernon GIS Dept.April 2009 Original Master Plan done in Nov 1991by Johnson and Richter, Inc.

0 2,0001,000 ft

Underground River Conduit

Hartford Tpke Route 30/83

Talcottville Rd Route 83

Talcottville Rd Route 83

Windsor Ave Route 83/74

Windsor Ave Route 74

Hartford Tpke Route 30

Dart Hill Rd

Skinner Rd

Skinner Rd

South Windsor

Vernon

Ellington

Vernon

South Windsor

Vernon

Ellington

Vernon

Ellington

Vernon

East Main St Route 74

West Main St

ShenipsitLake

Paper Mill Pond

Vernon

Manchester

Hartford Tpke Route 30

Elm H

ill Rd

Dobson

Rd

Merline Rd

Cente

r Rd

West St

Vernon

Ave

Regan Rd

LegendTown LineStructures Closely Associated with RiverParkingProposed ParkingBoat LaunchHistoric, Scenic Point of Interest, or ViewBridgeExisting TrailRail-to-TrailExisting Alternate TrailTrail on Existing PavementPossible Future TrailProposed TrailsProposed Rail TrailPropsed BoardwalkProposed Alternate TrailBridgesPavementEllington RoadsHydrologyRail-to-Trail BufferPublic, Open Space, SchoolsProperties of InterestRiver Greenway Corridor

Fire Station#4

Kelly Rd

Wash

ington

St

Church St

Birch Rd

Campbell Ave

Pheon

ix St

Maple Ave

Warren Ave

Tunnel

Rd

Chelsea Ridge

DOT

Chelsea Ridge Homeowners Association

Pleasant View Dr

Naek Rd

Hockanum Blvd

Dart Hill SouthPark

Mansions LLC

Dart Hill NorthPark

Franklin St

West St

Verno

n Ave

Park St

Elm St

Snips

ic St

Grov

e St

Orchard St

Lower Butcher Rd

Middle Butcher Rd

Route 83

Wind

ermere

Ave

Transfer Station

Thrall Rd

Watson Rd

Pinney St

Main St

- Connect to HRLP from Rail-to-Trail

ProposedBridge

View

View

Optional 0.4 MileLoop Connectsto RT 83 and

Main Trail