{"id":342,"date":"2016-07-02T21:16:13","date_gmt":"2016-07-02T21:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/?p=342"},"modified":"2023-02-19T22:24:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T22:24:25","slug":"old-furnace-state-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/old-furnace-state-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Furnace State Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldFurnaceStPkCT_jul_16-057-23.jpg\" alt=\"Moss in Old Furnace State Park\" class=\"wp-image-344\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldFurnaceStPkCT_jul_16-057-23.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldFurnaceStPkCT_jul_16-057-23-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldFurnaceStPkCT_jul_16-057-23-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">In Eastern Connecticut, not far from the Rhode Island border, sits Old Furnace State Park.  You can follow paths through the woods circumnavigating a picturesque pond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldFurnaceStPkCT_jul_16-057-67.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldFurnaceStPkCT_jul_16-057-67.jpg\" alt=\"Old Furnace State Park\" class=\"wp-image-345\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldFurnaceStPkCT_jul_16-057-67.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldFurnaceStPkCT_jul_16-057-67-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldFurnaceStPkCT_jul_16-057-67-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">The trail begins from the parking lot and dips down to a serene brook crossing.  There are multiple little stream crossings, but no need to get wet due to natural rock bridges and planks to step across.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldFurnaceStPkCT_jul_16-057-98.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldFurnaceStPkCT_jul_16-057-98.jpg\" alt=\"Pond in Old Furnace State Park\" class=\"wp-image-346\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldFurnaceStPkCT_jul_16-057-98.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldFurnaceStPkCT_jul_16-057-98-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldFurnaceStPkCT_jul_16-057-98-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">There is a rise in elevation on one side of the pond.  The trail eventually brings you to an open cliff with more expansive views of the area.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldFurnaceStPkCT_jul_16-057-90.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldFurnaceStPkCT_jul_16-057-90.jpg\" alt=\"Old Furnace State Park\" class=\"wp-image-343\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldFurnaceStPkCT_jul_16-057-90.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldFurnaceStPkCT_jul_16-057-90-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/wp-content\/uploads\/oldFurnaceStPkCT_jul_16-057-90-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The State Park is not far off of Interstate 395 in Killingly, Connecticut.  Plenty of parking is available near the trailhead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/MapClick.php?lat=41.80453000000006&amp;lon=-71.88163999999995#.XPQ7h4hKjIU\">Weather Forecast<\/a><\/div><br><br><br>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d11901.550947256635!2d-71.87291755773748!3d41.77685673193111!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0x0!2zNDHCsDQ2JzM3LjEiTiA3McKwNTEnNTEuMCJX!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1559512451327!5m2!1sen!2sus\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Eastern Connecticut, not far from the Rhode Island border, sits Old Furnace State Park. You can follow paths through the woods circumnavigating a picturesque pond. The trail begins from the parking lot and dips down to a serene brook crossing. There are multiple little stream crossings, but no need to get wet due to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/old-furnace-state-park\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Old Furnace State Park&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":881,"href":"https:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342\/revisions\/881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adfranks.com\/hike\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}