Box Mountain Forest Viewpoint & Valley Falls Park Beach via Hop River Linear Park is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Box Mountain Forest near Vernon Center, CT. The route passes Valley Falls Park Beach before reaching Box Mountain Forest Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 480 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi351 – 755 ft · steepest grade: 15%4.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.82383, -72.44420
Nearest town Vernon Center, CT
Directions
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Box Mountain Forest Viewpoint & Valley Falls Park Beach via Hop River Linear Park
3.9 mi · ▲ 480 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 351–755 ft
Out & Back · Box Mountain Forest
Trailhead: 41.82383, -72.44420
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Valley Falls Park Beach.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Hop River Linear Park, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miReach Box Mountain Forest Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
64% dirt27% gravel2% paved7% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:52 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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