Gracie via New England Trail
8.4 mi · ▲ 585 ft · 3 hr 6 min
Gracie via New England Trail is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Broomstick Ledges near Rockland, CT. It climbs 585 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Gracie via New England Trail
8.4 mi · ▲ 585 ft · 3 hr 6 min
Elevation 280–569 ft
Out & Back · Broomstick Ledges
Trailhead: 41.40210, -72.65305
Weather Aug 4: Heavy showers, high 79°F / low 69° · precip 92% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:06 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Goat Hill Road, heading SW.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto County Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto New England Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Gracie, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Bee Line, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear left onto Dave Houston Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftReach Gracie, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftBear right onto Bee Line, heading NE.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left onto Gracie, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto County Road, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Goat Hill Road, heading NE.
- 1.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.2 mi in (~112 min). Leave by 5:54 PM for the 8:06 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:08 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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More from this trailhead
- Goat Hill Road 5.2 mi · ▲ 244 ft
- Goat Hill Road 5.3 mi · ▲ 244 ft
- Rockland Road via Goat Hill Road 5.4 mi · ▲ 244 ft
- Goat Hill Road 5.6 mi · ▲ 246 ft
- Goat Hill Road 5.6 mi · ▲ 246 ft
- Boundary Trail & New England Trail 10 mi · ▲ 733 ft
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