Metacomet Pond is a 3.3-mile out-and-back near Pinnacle Heights Housing, CT. The route reaches Metacomet Pond at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It climbs 522 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi335 – 597 ft · steepest grade: 18%3.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.70428, -72.81437
Nearest town Pinnacle Heights Housing, CT
Directions
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Metacomet Pond
3.3 mi · ▲ 522 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Elevation 335–597 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.70428, -72.81437
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miReach Metacomet Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 450 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
2% dirt98% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:07 PM
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