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Keeny Road is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Nehantic State Forest near North Lyme, CT. It climbs 427 ft. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi108 – 299 ft5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.40120, -72.34009
Nearest town North Lyme, CT

Directions

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Keeny Road

4.8 mi · ▲ 427 ft · 1 hr 49 min

Elevation 109–299 ft

Out & Back · Nehantic State Forest

Trailhead: 41.40120, -72.34009

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 80°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:05 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 0.8 miTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left onto Keeny Road, heading SE.
  12. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  14. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  15. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  16. 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  20. 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  22. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  23. 400 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

10% gravel90% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 80°F63°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity82%
Rained 2.6″ yesterday (3.6″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 5:48 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:05 PM
Wed 78°62°
Thu 88°71°
Fri 92°72° 20%
Sat 91°71° 26%
Sun 91°71° 16%
Mon 96°73°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~29 min). Leave by 7:16 PM for the 8:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:44 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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