CQT–Low Road, 5 sights is a 9.5-mile out-and-back in Salmon River State Forest near East Hampton, CT. It climbs 1,082 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi121 – 541 ft · steepest grade: 17%9.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.57251, -72.48261
Nearest town East Hampton, CT
Directions
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CQT–Low Road, 5 sights
9.5 mi · ▲ 1,082 ft · 3 hr 42 min
Elevation 121–542 ft
Out & Back · Salmon River State Forest
Trailhead: 41.57251, -72.48261
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Rapallo Viaduct (buried), heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left onto CQT, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Low Road, heading S.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Pines, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.3 miBear left onto River Road, heading N.
- 300 ftReach Rapallo Viaduct (buried), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftBear right, heading S.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear right onto Pines, heading SE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Low Road, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto CQT, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Rapallo Viaduct (buried), heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
85% dirt1% gravel14% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM
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