The trails at Rosedale Park are well marked on posts and on the trees. All trails except the white trail (gray on the map) and part of the orange trail are road-wide mowed paths.
Red Trail- this is the main trail that makes the longest loop and connects to most of the other trails. It starts at the picnic area, crosses over the dam, and goes around Rosedale Lake where it enters the area of woods and thickets on the northeast side of the lake. It connects to both ends of the white trail and proceeds around a small lake that is filled with wildlife (look for frogs, snakes, ducks, geese and osprey). On the east side of the lake it heads straight south towards the old Hunt house on Blackwell Road. There it connects to the yellow trail.
White Trail – This path descends from the red trail to Stony Brook and follows the brook through a beautiful beech woods before it ascends to rejoin the red trail at the dam of the small lake.
Yellow Trail –This trail starts at the red trail by the small lake. It follows the lake shoreline then turns away from the lake to enter a young woods that is sprinkled with stands of red cedar.
Blue Trail- The blue trail connects the red trail, orange trail, white connecting trail and Blackwell Road. It is straight and wide and runs through thickets and young woods.
Orange Trail- The orange trail runs from the yellow tail to the blue trail through thickets and from the blue trail to the Blackwell Road parking lot. This part of the trail crosses a wetland area with a view of the lake, a mowed field and a small woods by the parking lot.
White Connector Trail- Running through thickets, this short trail is a short cut between the yellow trail and the blue trail.
*This trail guide was updated on July 20, 2009
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