Crooked Hill Road & Mag-5 via New England Trail
2.6 mi · ▲ 197 ft · 58 min
Crooked Hill Road & Mag-5 via New England Trail is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Rockland Preserve near Rockland, CT. It is mostly level, with 197 ft of elevation gain. It scores 59/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Crooked Hill Road & Mag-5 via New England Trail
2.6 mi · ▲ 197 ft · 58 min
Elevation 418–549 ft
Out & Back · Rockland Preserve
Trailhead: Crooked Hill Road · 41.42406, -72.68075
Weather Aug 4: Heavy showers, high 78°F / low 68° · precip 95% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:06 PM
- Start on Crooked Hill Road, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear left onto New England Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Whitney Road, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Mag-5, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Dead Hill Road, heading NE.
- 350 ftReach Crooked Hill Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Mag-5, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Whitney Road, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left onto New England Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Crooked Hill Road, heading SW.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~27 min). Leave by 7:19 PM for the 8:06 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:45 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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More from Crooked Hill Road Trailhead
- Bee Line–Crooked Hill Road, 3 sights 2.2 mi · ▲ 199 ft
- Boundary Trail–Coan Pond Loop, 5 sights 2.4 mi · ▲ 236 ft
- Green Trail–New England Trail, 3 sights 16.1 mi · ▲ 1,074 ft
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