BLOOMFIELD GREENWAY:
BLOOMFIELD-TARIFFVILLE, CONNECTICUT
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Last Updated: August 25, 2025
Length: Bloomfield Greenway; 2.6 miles
Windsor Industrial Park Trail; 3.1 miles
Difficulty: Easy. Flat paved rail trail.
Windsor Industrial Park Trail; Easy. Flat, paved trail & BIKE LANE.
Directions:
To Start from the Day Hill Road parking lot [Southern End]; From the junction of Routes 187 & 189 in Bloomfield travel South on Route 189 (Tunxis Ave) to Day Hill Rd and turn left. Parking lot on your left.
The Bloomfield Greenway travels North, through Bloomfield along a former railroad corridor, and a highway right-of-way to Tariffville in Simsbury. The trail occupies a corridor on which the Connecticut Western Railroad once ran, a pathway that is now the site of overhead power lines owned by Eversource. At its Northern End future plans call for connecting to the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail; Northern Section . At its Southern End future plans call for connecting to Bloomfield's town center, then to Hartford. It is planned to be part of the national EAST COAST GREENWAY .
Starting from the Day Hill Road parking lot [Southern End]; A kiosk is located here.
Note; A BIKE LANE travels East, along Day Hill Rd through Winsor for 0.6 miles to Griffin Road N. Turn left, on-road along Griffin Rd N (narrow shoulder), traveling underneath Route 187 where you'll pick up the paved Windsor Industrial Park Trail on your right at 0.7 miles.
Note; This trail continues North, for another 0.2 miles before ending.
Head right, East, along the paved Windsor Industrial Park Trail which quickly travels alongside Day Hill Rd. This takes you through the Windsor Industrial Park. After 2.9 miles the trail abruptly ends.
The paved Bloomfield Greenway heads West, out to a cross light over Tunxis Rd, where it travels right, North, alongside the road before turning left, Northwest, along the power corridor after 0.3 miles. Wide open corridor. Cross Duncaster Rd at 0.8 miles where you'll encounter a slight downhill grade. Cross a small berm before heading through a small rock cut followed by a bridge over Griffin Brook. A double road crossing of Hoskins & Tarriffville Rd will bring you to the Tarriffville Road parking lot at 1.4 miles. Another kiosk located here.
Note; Across the road is the 1807 old St Andrews Episcopal Church. Here you'll find a "Bike Oasis" with a BIKE STATION, picnic tables and ON BIKE SHARE bikes.
The trail continues along the power lines coming to Route 189 after 1.8 miles. Here the paved trail continues left alongside Route 189. The trail ends after 2.6 miles at Main St in the Tariffville section of Simsbury.
Note; A study is underway to connect the Bloomfield Greenway West, to the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail; Northern Section . Design work on a connector from the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail East, to Simsbury’s Curtiss Park. So one option for the connection would be designing a trail link between Curtiss Park and Route 189 in Tariffville, where the Bloomfield Greenway ends.
Note; Proposed routes to connect the Bloomfield Greenway South, from the Day Hill Road parking lot towards Hartford. One possibility is to utilize the Griffin Rail Line, which is an active freight line connecting to the main line in Hartford and heads in a Northwesterly direction, from Downtown Hartford to its terminus at Day Hill Road in Bloomfield (Top of Map). See; Map Below.
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