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Rockland Preserve

Meyerhuber Pond–Bridle Loop, 4 sights

12.9 mi · ▲ 1,055 ft · 4 hr 50 min

Meyerhuber Pond–Bridle Loop, 4 sights is a 12.9-mile out-and-back in Rockland Preserve near North Guilford, CT. The route reaches Meyerhuber Pond at the turnaround, 6.3 miles in. It climbs 1,055 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi233 – 545 ft · steepest grade: 18%14.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: New England Trail 41.36508, -72.69050
Nearest town North Guilford, CT
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Meyerhuber Pond–Bridle Loop, 4 sights

12.9 mi · ▲ 1,055 ft · 4 hr 50 min

Elevation 231–544 ft

Out & Back · Rockland Preserve

Trailhead: New England Trail · 41.36508, -72.69050

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on New England Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.6 miBear left onto Hart Road, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Race Hill Road, heading NW.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right onto New England Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.7 miSharp left, heading NE.
  6. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right onto Goat Lot Road, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  9. 0.6 miBear left onto New England Trail, heading N.
  10. 50 ftTurn right onto Rockland Road, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading N.
  12. 1.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  13. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Gracie, heading N.
  14. 200 ftContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.2 miSharp left onto Crooked Hill Road, heading NE.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left onto Lone Pine Trail, heading NE.
  17. 0.4 miSharp left onto Bridle Loop, heading W.
  18. 100 ftBear left onto Lone Pine Trail, heading W.
  19. 0.7 miPass Meyerhuber Pond.
  20. 400 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  21. 350 ftSharp right onto Pent Road, heading W.
  22. 400 ftReach Meyerhuber Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  23. 350 ftSharp left, heading W.
  24. 350 ftTurn left onto Lone Pine Trail, heading W.
  25. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
  26. 0.6 miBear right onto Bridle Loop, heading W.
  27. 150 ftSharp right onto Lone Pine Trail, heading NW.
  28. 0.4 miTurn right onto Crooked Hill Road, heading NE.
  29. 0.2 miSharp right onto New England Trail, heading NE.
  30. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Gracie, heading N.
  31. 200 ftContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading N.
  32. 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
  33. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  34. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Rockland Road, heading SE.
  35. 0.2 miTurn left onto New England Trail, heading E.
  36. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  37. 0.6 miTurn right onto Goat Lot Road, heading SW.
  38. 0.2 miTurn left onto New England Trail, heading SW.
  39. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  40. 250 ftSharp left, heading S.
  41. 0.7 miTurn left onto Race Hill Road, heading W.
  42. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Hart Road, heading S.
  43. 0.1 miBear right onto New England Trail, heading SW.
  44. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/meyerhuber-pond-bridle-loop-out-back-6-sights

Trail surface

62% dirt1% boardwalk37% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.3 mi in (~90 min). Leave by 5:03 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:34 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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