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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 1.3 miSharp right, heading N.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  5. 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
  6. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  7. 50 ftPass Metacomet Pond.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  11. 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  13. 350 ftPass Hospital Rock.
  14. 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Settlement Road, heading S.
  16. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  17. 0.5 miReach Hospital Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  19. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  21. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  22. 350 ftSharp left, heading W.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  24. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  25. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  26. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  27. 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  28. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  29. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  30. 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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