Nathan Hall Quarry–Cranberry Bog, 3 sights
5.7 mi · ▲ 667 ft · 2 hr 14 min
Nathan Hall Quarry–Cranberry Bog, 3 sights is a 5.7-mile out-and-back in Meshomasic State Forest near Fogelmarks Corners, CT. The route passes Cranberry Bog before reaching Nathan Hall Quarry at the turnaround, 2.9 miles in. It climbs 667 ft. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Nathan Hall Quarry–Cranberry Bog, 3 sights
5.7 mi · ▲ 667 ft · 2 hr 14 min
Elevation 254–772 ft
Out & Back · Meshomasic State Forest
Trailhead: 41.60809, -72.57659
Weather Aug 4: Heavy showers, high 77°F / low 69° · precip 100% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Cranberry Bog.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Cox Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Woodchoppers Road, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 450 ftBear left, heading S.
- 200 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Nathan Hall Quarry, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 200 ftBear right, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Cox Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 400 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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