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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
  4. 250 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  6. 150 ftBear left onto Lyman Viaduct (buried), heading W.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right onto Low Road, heading W.
  8. 0.9 miBear left onto Upper Packard Goose, heading NW.
  9. 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
  10. 450 ftBear left onto Middle Road, heading NE.
  11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Tea, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Middle Road, heading NW.
  13. 0.1 miContinue straight onto High Road, heading NW.
  14. 0.7 miTurn left onto Good Friday, heading NW.
  15. 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  16. 250 ftContinue straight onto Entry Trail, heading NW.
  17. 0.6 miReach Low Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 0.6 miTurn right onto Good Friday, heading NE.
  19. 450 ftTurn right onto High Road, heading E.
  20. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Middle Road, heading SE.
  21. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Tea, heading SE.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Middle Road, heading SE.
  23. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  24. 450 ftBear left onto Upper Packard Goose, heading S.
  25. 0.5 miBear right onto Low Road, heading SE.
  26. 0.9 miTurn left onto Lyman Viaduct (buried), heading S.
  27. 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
  28. 150 ftSharp right, heading E.
  29. 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  30. 250 ftBear left, heading W.
  31. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  32. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

80% dirt20% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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