Tablet Rock Vista & Devil's Hopyard State Park Viewpoint is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Devil's Hopyard State Park near Millington, CT. The route passes Tablet Rock Vista before reaching Devil's Hopyard State Park Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It climbs 565 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Tablet Rock Vista & Devil's Hopyard State Park Viewpoint
3.3 mi · ▲ 565 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Elevation 171–428 ft
Out & Back · Devil's Hopyard State Park
Trailhead: 41.47464, -72.34108
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 78°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 450 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 300 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 300 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miPass Devil's Hopyard State Park Viewpoint.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach Tablet Rock Vista, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 450 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Devil's Hopyard State Park Viewpoint 1.9 mi · ▲ 339 ft
- Mitchell Road 3.5 mi · ▲ 628 ft
- Mitchell Road 3.6 mi · ▲ 665 ft
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