Welcome to the Shoreline Greenway Trail

The Shoreline Greenway Trail will run through meadows and woods along the Sound from Lighthouse Point on New Haven Harbor for twenty-five miles to Hammonasset State Beach in Madison.

It is being built for non-motorized recreation and transit, section by section, through East Haven, Branford, Guilford and Madison. It will connect with parks, railroad stations, village centers and other trails as well as the East Coast Greenway that runs from Maine to Florida.

The Trail is for people of all ages – children, school kids, adults and seniors – who enjoy the outdoors, including walkers, hikers, bicyclists, runners, baby-carriage pushers and, when it snows, even cross-country skiers.

And the Trail is being designed throughout to be environmentally sensitive, safe, appropriate to the land, and acceptable to landowners.

The Trail is supported by all area political leaders and governments, and was awarded a federal appropriation of $2.65 million and $665,000 from the State of Connecticut. Each of the four towns – EastHaven, Branford, Guilford and Madison – has appropriated funds for an engineering survey of the whole route.

Almost 2,000 area families have been contributing to the Trail, recognizing that it will be a wonderful, recreational and health-enhancing resource for everyone.