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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.

Elevation

0 mi256 – 728 ft4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.74944, -72.77972
Nearest town Oakland Gardens, CT

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftPass Hartford Reservoir Number 1.
  3. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 0.3 miBear right onto Eden, heading N.
  9. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  11. 150 ftContinue straight onto Metacomet Trail (NET), heading N.
  12. 300 ftContinue straight onto Eden, heading N.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Metacomet Trail (NET), heading N.
  14. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Eden, heading NW.
  15. 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
  16. 0.3 miBear left onto Finger Rock Road, heading NE.
  17. 150 ftTurn left onto Kenney Ridge, heading N.
  18. 50 ftSharp right onto Finger Rock Road, heading N.
  19. 500 ftBear right, heading N.
  20. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  21. 50 ftSharp right onto Kenney Ridge, heading N.
  22. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  23. 250 ftReach Kenney Ridge Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  24. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
  25. 50 ftTurn left onto Finger Rock Road, heading NE.
  26. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  27. 0.1 miSharp left onto Kenney Ridge, heading N.
  28. 50 ftTurn right onto Finger Rock Road, heading N.
  29. 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
  30. 0.3 miBear right onto Eden, heading S.
  31. 350 ftContinue straight onto Metacomet Trail (NET), heading NE.
  32. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Eden, heading S.
  33. 50 ftContinue straight onto Metacomet Trail (NET), heading S.
  34. 250 ftContinue straight onto Eden, heading SE.
  35. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  36. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  37. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  38. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  39. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  40. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  41. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  42. 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

32% dirt68% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:07 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: stop 300 m from the trailhead

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