Hospital Rock–Metacomet Pond, 3 sights is a 5.4-mile out-and-back near Pinnacle Heights Housing, CT. The route passes Metacomet Pond and Hospital Rock. It climbs 675 ft. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi243 – 600 ft6.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.67123, -72.83222
Nearest town Pinnacle Heights Housing, CT
Directions
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Hospital Rock–Metacomet Pond, 3 sights
5.4 mi · ▲ 675 ft · 2 hr 8 min
Elevation 241–602 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.67123, -72.83222
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 1.3 miSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Metacomet Pond.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 350 ftPass Hospital Rock.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Settlement Road, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miReach Hospital Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:07 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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