Entry Trail–Good Friday, 5 sights is a 9-mile out-and-back in Salmon River State Forest near Westchester, CT. It climbs 670 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi187 – 597 ft · steepest grade: 23%9.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.57243, -72.43438
Nearest town Westchester, CT
Directions
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Entry Trail–Good Friday, 5 sights
9 mi · ▲ 670 ft · 3 hr 20 min
Elevation 187–597 ft
Out & Back · Salmon River State Forest
Trailhead: 41.57243, -72.43438
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left onto Lyman Viaduct (buried), heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Low Road, heading W.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Upper Packard Goose, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear left onto Middle Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Tea, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Middle Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto High Road, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Good Friday, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Entry Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miReach Low Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Good Friday, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right onto High Road, heading E.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Middle Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Tea, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Middle Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear left onto Upper Packard Goose, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Low Road, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Lyman Viaduct (buried), heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
80% dirt20% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:52 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Air Line State Park Trail 6 mi · ▲ 404 ft
- Air Line State Park Trail 7 mi · ▲ 523 ft
- Air Line State Park Trail 6.3 mi · ▲ 463 ft
- Air Line State Park Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 349 ft
- Lyman Viaduct (buried) 2.9 mi · ▲ 205 ft
- River Road 4.1 mi · ▲ 113 ft
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