Crooked Hill Road
2 mi · ▲ 116 ft · 43 min
Crooked Hill Road is a 2-mile out-and-back in Rockland Preserve near Rockland, CT. It is mostly level, with 116 ft of elevation gain. It scores 55/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Crooked Hill Road
2 mi · ▲ 116 ft · 43 min
Elevation 418–571 ft
Out & Back · Rockland Preserve
Trailhead: 41.41600, -72.66979
Weather Aug 3: Heavy showers, high 78°F / low 69° · precip 95% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Coan Pond Loop, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Dave Houston Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bee Line, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Crooked Hill Road, heading N.
- 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto New England Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Bee Line, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Dave Houston Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Coan Pond Loop, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:45 PM for the 8:07 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:25 PM — 13 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from this trailhead
- Stannard Pond–Coan Pond Loop, 4 sights 2.4 mi · ▲ 247 ft
- Whitney Pond–Coan Pond Loop, 5 sights 3.3 mi · ▲ 142 ft
- New England Viewpoint–Coan Pond Loop, 4 sights 3.5 mi · ▲ 269 ft
- Spot Pond via New England Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 395 ft
- New England Viewpoint–Coan Pond Loop, 4 sights 4.1 mi · ▲ 429 ft
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