Best hikes in West Hartford Reservoirs Recreation Area

Ambleway maps 16 hikes in West Hartford Reservoirs Recreation Area, from a 1.2-mile walk to a 10-mile day out. 12 of them score as wild, staying clear of roads and development for most of the route; the wildest is Killkenny Rocks–South Wall, 7 cliffs. The biggest climb is Hartford Reservoir Number 6–South Wall, 7 cliffs, gaining 1,006 ft, and the network tops out at 773 ft.

• Metropolitan District Reservoir #3–Lower Ridgeline Run Loop, 3 sights 1.3 mi · ▲ 61 ft
• Metropolitan District Reservoir #2–Dyke Pond Road Loop, 5 sights 1.9 mi · ▲ 143 ft
• Kenney Ridge Viewpoint–Kenney Ridge, 3 sights 1.9 mi · ▲ 373 ft
• Birthday–Newton Brainard Road Loop, 4 sights 2.3 mi · ▲ 175 ft
• Steven Sauter Rock & Weha Duro Loop via Newton Brainard Road 2.4 mi · ▲ 178 ft
• Newton Brainard Road & The Twisties 2.6 mi · ▲ 305 ft
• Hart Meadow–Garden Wall Loop, 8 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 292 ft
• The Twisties via Newton Brainard Road 2.9 mi · ▲ 392 ft
• Killkenny Rocks–South Wall, 7 cliffs 3.2 mi · ▲ 376 ft
• Finger Rock–South Wall, 8 cliffs 3.5 mi · ▲ 293 ft
• South Wall–Solar Panel, 4 cliffs 4.8 mi · ▲ 579 ft
• Hartford Reservoir Number 6–South Wall, 7 cliffs 10 mi · ▲ 1,006 ft

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• Hartford Reservoir Number 5 & Yellow Loop 1.2 mi · ▲ 168 ft
• Eden–Kenney Ridge, 3 sights 2.7 mi · ▲ 329 ft
• Upper Ridgeline Run Viewpoint–Metropolitan District Reservoir #3, 4 sights 2.9 mi · ▲ 448 ft
• Hartford Reservoir Number 1–Eden, 3 sights 3.3 mi · ▲ 418 ft