Keeny Road
3.2 mi · ▲ 221 ft · 1 hr 11 min
Keeny Road is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Nehantic State Forest near Sterling City, CT. It is mostly level, with 221 ft of elevation gain. It scores 28/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Keeny Road
3.2 mi · ▲ 221 ft · 1 hr 11 min
Elevation 48–235 ft
Out & Back · Nehantic State Forest
Trailhead: 41.38363, -72.32846
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Keeny Road, heading SW.
- 0.7 miReach Keeny Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:32 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:52 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:20 PM.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Norwich Pond via Balanced Rock Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 468 ft
- Uncas Pond via Keeny Road 2.9 mi · ▲ 196 ft
- Brown Hill via Balanced Rock Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 224 ft
- Uncas Pond–Norwich Pond, 3 lakes 5.6 mi · ▲ 724 ft
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