Old Mine Park — Attraction in Trumbull

A basic town park. Trumbull has improved it greatly over the years. They've landscaped it, connected it via the "Rails to Trails" program (paved path to Trumbull Center) and added a couple pavilions for events. The local Cub and Boy Scouts utilize the park for camping and there are numerous others found hiking and biking in the area.

Doing some research, you'll find mention of the old mine here and history of the other amenities that used to support the mine. Tungsten, Amethyst , quartz and mica were mined here and can still be found if you are a rock hound. Worth a visit for a nice, easy and short hike through the park on...

Old Mine park was a place I used to frequent with my family when I was a little girl. It was a beautiful "swimming hole" in the classic sense, and great picnic area. I learned to swim there and I remember jumping off a diving board there for the 1st time.However, the park was ruined when the town allowed road builders to cut Old Mine Park into pieces, ripping off generations of children who may never experience an old fashioned swimming hole. At least I have great memories of the park. Sadly, my...

It's a beautiful park and the walking trails are paved a good part and then it's bridges and dirt. The trail I take goes all the way from 111 to Whitney and to White Plains Road which comes out by Taits Mill and Starbucks on the Churchill/White Plains area. You can even take the trail in the opposite direction and go back behind the behind the Edge on 111, behind the bus company, past Victorianox, to Wolf Park. There are trails that go up into the mountains at this park. It's...