Hospital Rock & Metacomet Pond is a 3.9-mile out-and-back near Pinnacle Heights Housing, CT. The route passes Metacomet Pond before reaching Hospital Rock at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 645 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi243 – 600 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.67123, -72.83222
Nearest town Pinnacle Heights Housing, CT
Directions
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Hospital Rock & Metacomet Pond
3.9 mi · ▲ 645 ft · 1 hr 37 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.
- 0.1 miReach Hospital Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 300 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 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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