Hop River

River in Connecticut, United States

41°47′18″N 72°26′06″W / 41.78833°N 72.43500°W / 41.78833; -72.43500 MouthWillimantic River

• location

Columbia, Tolland County, Connecticut, United States

• coordinates

41°43′23″N 72°15′00″W / 41.72306°N 72.25000°W / 41.72306; -72.25000

The Hop River is a river that runs through Tolland County, Connecticut. The Hop River's marshy source is just southeast of Bolton Notch, Connecticut. It flows for about 15.0 miles (24.1 km) to its confluence with the Willimantic River.^[1] There is a popular paddling route beginning where the Skungamaug River enters the Hop River just north of the Hendee Road bridge and ending at the Willimantic River. Most of this route consists of quick-water, but a few Class I and Class II whitewater areas exist.

The Hop River State Park Trail crosses the river twice and is parallel to the river for the majority of the river's length.

Crossings

County	Town	Carrying
Tolland	Bolton	US 6 (twice in a row)
	Coventry	South St.
	Andover	Times Farm Rd.
		Hendee Rd.
		Long Hill Rd.
		Bunker Hill Rd.
	Coventry	Parker Bridge Rd.
	Columbia	Hop River State Park Trail (twice in a row)
		Hop River Rd.
		Pucker Rd.
		US 6 (Willimantic Bypass)
		Abandoned Railroad Bridge
		Flanders Rd.

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 1, 2011

External links

Connecticut Explorer's Guide Online paddling maps of the Hop River

Rivers of Connecticut by drainage system

Long Island Sound

Black Rock Harbor	Ash Creek Rooster River
Bridgeport Harbor	Pequonnock River
Connecticut River Watershed	Blackledge River Coginchaug River Connecticut River Duck River Eightmile River Falls River Farmington River Hockanum River Hubbard River Jeremy River Lieutenant River Mattabesset River Nepaug River Pameacha Creek Park River Pequabuck River Podunk River Salmon River Scantic River
Housatonic River Watershed	Blackberry River East Aspetuck River Housatonic River Konkapot River Mad River Naugatuck River Pomperaug River Rocky River Schenob Brook Shepaug River Still River Ten Mile River Whiting River
Little Narragansett Bay (Pawcatuck River Watershed)	Ashaway River Green Fall River Pawcatuck River Shunock River Wood River
Milford Harbor	Wepawaug River
New Haven Harbor	Mill River Quinnipiac River West River
Norwalk Harbor (Norwalk River Watershed)	Norwalk River Silvermine River
Saugatuck River Watershed	Aspetuck River Saugatuck River
Thames River Watershed	Basset Brook Beaver Brook Bigelow Brook Fenton River Fishers Brook Five Mile River French River Hop River Little River Merrick Brook Moosup River Mount Hope River Natchaug River Oxoboxo River Pachaug River Quinebaug River Shetucket River Thames River Willimantic River Yantic River
Others	Black Hall River Byram River Cove River Farm River Hammonasset River Indian River Mianus River Mill River (Fairfield) Mystic River Niantic River Noroton River Oyster River Rippowam River

Upper New York Bay

Hudson River Watershed	Titicus River

Thames River Watershed

Tributaries

Connecticut	Basset Brook Beaver Brook Bigelow Brook Fenton River Fishers Brook Five Mile River French River Hop River Little River Merrick Brook Moosup River Mount Hope River Natchaug River Oxoboxo River Pachaug River Quinebaug River Shetucket River Thames River Willimantic River Yantic River
Massachusetts	French River Quinebaug River

Lakes

Connecticut	Ashford Lake Gardner Lake Killingly Pond Lake Chaffee Mansfield Hollow Lake Mashapaug Lake Quaddick Reservoir West Thompson Lake

v t e Willimantic, Connecticut
Schools and universities	Natchaug School Eastern Connecticut State University
Landmarks and places	Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum Main Street Windham Town Hall Willimantic Freight House Jillson Mills Windham Textile Museum Jillson House Jillson Square Willimantic Footbridge Willimantic Armory Willimantic Elks Club Prospect Hill
Geography	Shetucket River Willimantic River Hop River Natchaug River Mansfield Hollow Lake Fenton River