Wood Road via Border Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 346 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Wood Road via Border Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Buck Hill Management Area near East Thompson, CT. It climbs 346 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi489 – 742 ft · steepest grade: 16%3.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.99196, -71.80509
Nearest town East Thompson, CT
Directions
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Wood Road via Border Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 346 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Elevation 489–740 ft
Out & Back · Buck Hill Management Area
Trailhead: 41.99196, -71.80509
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Border Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Benson Mountain Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftSharp right onto Wood Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach Wood Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Benson Mountain Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Border Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
57% dirt43% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:50 PM
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- Border Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 260 ft
- Border Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 379 ft
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