AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Cardinal Trail

2 mi · ▲ 141 ft · 44 min

Cardinal Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back near North End, CT. It is mostly level, with 141 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi177 – 315 ft2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.63461, -72.86078
Nearest town North End, CT
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Cardinal Trail

2 mi · ▲ 141 ft · 44 min

Elevation 178–314 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.63461, -72.86078

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:07 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  3. 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 100 ftBear right, heading E.
  6. 400 ftTurn left, heading E.
  7. 450 ftTurn left onto Grackle Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Cardinal Trail, heading NE.
  9. 0.5 miReach Cardinal Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Grackle Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  13. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  14. 400 ftBear left, heading W.
  15. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  16. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  17. 250 ftBear left, heading S.
  18. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/cardinal-trail-out-back

Trail surface

62% dirt38% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:07 PM

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Hikes near North End, Connecticut