Dodge Dump Truck–Bridle Loop, 3 sights
7 mi · ▲ 819 ft · 2 hr 45 min
Dodge Dump Truck–Bridle Loop, 3 sights is a 7-mile out-and-back in Rockland Preserve near Rockland, CT. The route reaches Dodge Dump Truck. It climbs 819 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Dodge Dump Truck–Bridle Loop, 3 sights
7 mi · ▲ 819 ft · 2 hr 45 min
Elevation 240–544 ft
Out & Back · Rockland Preserve
Trailhead: Lone Pine Trail · 41.41953, -72.68927
Weather Aug 3: Heavy showers, high 79°F / low 69° · precip 95% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Lone Pine Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Bridle Loop, heading E.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Lone Pine Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Crooked Hill Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto New England Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Gracie, heading SW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miPass Dodge Dump Truck.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 350 ftSharp left onto County Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miReach Dodge Dump Truck, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto New England Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Gracie, heading N.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Crooked Hill Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Lone Pine Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Bridle Loop, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left onto Lone Pine Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 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 1.2 mi in (~39 min). Leave by 7:09 PM for the 8:07 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:52 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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