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Midstate Trail–Southern New England Trunkline Trail, 3 sights is a 7.1-mile out-and-back in Douglas State Forest near East Thompson, CT. It climbs 450 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi472 – 748 ft · steepest grade: 17%7.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Town of Thompson 42.00867, -71.80926
Nearest town East Thompson, CT

Directions

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Midstate Trail–Southern New England Trunkline Trail, 3 sights

7.1 mi · ▲ 450 ft · 2 hr 36 min

Elevation 474–749 ft

Out & Back · Douglas State Forest

Trailhead: Town of Thompson · 42.00867, -71.80926

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 81°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:44 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Air Line State Park Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Southern New England Trunkline Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  4. 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
  5. 1 miTurn left onto Midstate Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Streeter Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miSharp right onto Southern New England Trunkline Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.6 miSharp left, heading E.
  10. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  11. 150 ftSharp left onto Midstate Trail, heading SE.
  12. 1.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 0.5 miBear left onto Tri-State Marker Loop Trail, heading W.
  15. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  16. 250 ftSharp left onto Air Line State Park Trail, heading N.
  17. 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 surface

57% dirt32% other11% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 81°F62°
Precip0%Wind5 mphUV8Humidity82%
Rained 0.8″ yesterday (1.7″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 5:44 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:04 PM
Wed 81°64°
Thu 89°69° 43%
Fri 94°71° 29%
Sat 91°69° 41%
Sun 93°67°
Mon 94°71° 19%

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