Spot Pond & Whitney Road via New England Trail
6.6 mi · ▲ 606 ft · 2 hr 30 min
Spot Pond & Whitney Road via New England Trail is a 6.6-mile out-and-back in Rockland Preserve near Durham Center, CT. The route reaches Spot Pond at the turnaround, 3.3 miles in. It climbs 606 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 32/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Spot Pond & Whitney Road via New England Trail
6.6 mi · ▲ 606 ft · 2 hr 30 min
Elevation 250–549 ft
Out & Back · Rockland Preserve
Trailhead: Cream Pot Road · 41.44396, -72.67656
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Cream Pot Road, heading SE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Northern Exposure, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Northern Exposure, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto New England Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Cream Pot Road, heading SE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Cream Pot Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Cream Pot Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Dead Hill Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Mag-5, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Dead Hill Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Mag-5, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear right onto Dead Hill Road, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right onto Whitney Road, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto New England Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Crooked Hill Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Gracie, heading S.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.8 miReach Spot Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Gracie, heading N.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Crooked Hill Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto New England Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Whitney Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Dead Hill Road, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left onto Mag-5, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Dead Hill Road, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Mag-5, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Dead Hill Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Cream Pot Road, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto New England Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Cream Pot Road, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Cream Pot Road, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 500 ftBear left onto New England Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 500 ftBear left onto Northern Exposure, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left onto New England Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Northern Exposure, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Cream Pot Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~34 min). Leave by 6:00 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:41 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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