Old Crooked Hill Road & Whitney Road via Eratica
3 mi · ▲ 234 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Old Crooked Hill Road & Whitney Road via Eratica is a 3-mile out-and-back in Rockland Preserve near Durham Center, CT. It is mostly level, with 234 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 46/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi397 – 554 ft4.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Cream Pot Road 41.44396, -72.67656
Nearest town Durham Center, CT
Directions
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Old Crooked Hill Road & Whitney Road via Eratica
3 mi · ▲ 234 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Elevation 397–555 ft
Out & Back · Rockland Preserve
Trailhead: Cream Pot Road · 41.44396, -72.67656
Weather Aug 3: Heavy showers, high 78°F / low 69° · precip 97% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Cream Pot Road, heading SE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Northern Exposure, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Northern Exposure, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto New England Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Cream Pot Road, heading SE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Cream Pot Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Cream Pot Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Dead Hill Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Mag-5, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Dead Hill Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mag-5, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear right onto Dead Hill Road, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right onto Whitney Road, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto New England Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Old Crooked Hill Road, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Bee Line, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Old Crooked Hill Road, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Eratica, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Old Crooked Hill Road, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 500 ftReach Whitney Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Eratica, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Old Crooked Hill Road, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Bee Line, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Old Crooked Hill Road, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Whitney Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Dead Hill Road, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left onto Mag-5, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Dead Hill Road, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Mag-5, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Dead Hill Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Cream Pot Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto New England Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Cream Pot Road, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Cream Pot Road, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 500 ftBear left onto New England Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 500 ftBear left onto Northern Exposure, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left onto New England Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Northern Exposure, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Cream Pot Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
75% dirt9% gravel16% unspecified
Weather
Heavy showersTemperature 78°F69°
Precip97%Wind6 mphUV5Humidity73%
Rained 1.5″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
80°65°
Sunrise 5:48 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:07 PM
Tue
79°64°
Wed
83°64°
15%
Thu
88°69°
31%
Fri
92°71°
32%
Sat
91°69°
43%
Sun
91°70°
15%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~38 min). Leave by 7:09 PM for the 8:07 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:00 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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