Kenney Ridge Viewpoint–Hartford Reservoir Number 1, 4 sights is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in West Hartford Reservoirs Recreation Area near Oakland Gardens, CT. The route passes Hartford Reservoir Number 1 before reaching Kenney Ridge Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 486 ft. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Kenney Ridge Viewpoint–Hartford Reservoir Number 1, 4 sights
3.8 mi · ▲ 486 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Elevation 256–728 ft
Out & Back · West Hartford Reservoirs Recreation Area
Trailhead: 41.74944, -72.77972
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 300 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Hartford Reservoir Number 1.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Eden, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Metacomet Trail (NET), heading N.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Eden, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Metacomet Trail (NET), heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Eden, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Finger Rock Road, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Kenney Ridge, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Finger Rock Road, heading N.
- 500 ftBear right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Kenney Ridge, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftReach Kenney Ridge Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Finger Rock Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Kenney Ridge, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Finger Rock Road, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Eden, heading S.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Metacomet Trail (NET), heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Eden, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Metacomet Trail (NET), heading S.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Eden, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Transit-accessible: stop 300 m from the trailhead
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- Hartford Reservoir Number 1–Eden, 3 sights 3.1 mi · ▲ 294 ft
- Metropolitan District Reservoir #3–Hartford Reservoir Number 1, 4 sights 3.2 mi · ▲ 235 ft
- Killkenny Rocks–Hartford Reservoir Number 1, 5 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 393 ft
- South Wall–Solar Panel, 6 cliffs 4.4 mi · ▲ 469 ft
- Hartford Reservoir Number 5–Hartford Reservoir Number 1, 7 sights 5 mi · ▲ 297 ft
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