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Porcupine Hole–Rattlesnake Rock, 6 rocks is a 6-mile out-and-back in Hill-Stead Museum Grounds near Farmington, CT. The route passes Farmington Reservoir, Porcupine Hole, Green Wall and 2 more before reaching Metacomet Pond at the turnaround, 3 miles in. It climbs 1,020 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi341 – 758 ft · steepest grade: 28%7.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.71907, -72.81556
Nearest town Farmington, CT

Directions

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Porcupine Hole–Rattlesnake Rock, 6 rocks

6 mi · ▲ 1,020 ft · 2 hr 31 min

Elevation 340–758 ft

Out & Back · Hill-Stead Museum Grounds

Trailhead: 41.71907, -72.81556

Weather Sep 20: Rain, high 63°F / low 57° · precip 71% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:54 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 150 ftSharp right onto Woodland Trail, heading E.
  3. 350 ftBear right, heading E.
  4. 350 ftSharp right, heading S.
  5. 0.8 miPass Farmington Reservoir.
  6. 1.2 miPass Porcupine Hole.
  7. 300 ftPass Green Wall.
  8. 300 ftBear left, heading NE.
  9. 250 ftBear right, heading S.
  10. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  11. 150 ftPass Rattlesnake Rock.
  12. 50 ftPass Will Warren's Den.
  13. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  17. 0.3 miPass Metacomet Pond.
  18. 300 ftBear right, heading S.
  19. 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
  20. 50 ftReach Porcupine Hole, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  22. 300 ftBear left, heading SW.
  23. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  24. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  25. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  26. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  27. 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
  28. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  29. 200 ftBear right, heading W.
  30. 2.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
  31. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
  32. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

41% dirt1% boardwalk58% unspecified

Weather

RainTemperature 63°F57°
Precip71%Wind4 mphUV0Humidity98%
Rained 1.3″ 7 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
65°55° 12 AM: 2% rain1 AM: 16% rain2 AM: 3% rain3 AM: 2% rain4 AM: 15% rain5 AM: 2% rain6 AM: 11% rain7 AM: 6% rain8 AM: 5% rain9 AM: 31% rain10 AM: 60% rain11 AM: 55% rain12 PM: 65% rain1 PM: 71% rain2 PM: 40% rain3 PM: 51% rain4 PM: 53% rain5 PM: 54% rain6 PM: 47% rain7 PM: 43% rain8 PM: 44% rain9 PM: 42% rain10 PM: 40% rain11 PM: 44% rain
Sunrise 6:37 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:54 PM
Mon 65°55° 22%
Tue 62°50° 20%
Wed 65°46°
Thu 66°44° 17%
Fri 65°49° 32%
Sat 62°51° 30%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~20 min). Leave by 6:14 PM for the 6:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:27 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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