Midwood Farm Road & Mott Hill Road via Portland Reservoir Road
8.4 mi · ▲ 423 ft · 3 hr 1 min
Midwood Farm Road & Mott Hill Road via Portland Reservoir Road is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Meshomasic State Forest near Lake Pocotopaug, CT. It climbs 423 ft. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi673 – 899 ft9.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Woodchoppers Road 41.58755, -72.53683
Nearest town Lake Pocotopaug, CT
Directions
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Midwood Farm Road & Mott Hill Road via Portland Reservoir Road
8.4 mi · ▲ 423 ft · 3 hr 1 min
Elevation 672–900 ft
Out & Back · Meshomasic State Forest
Trailhead: Woodchoppers Road · 41.58755, -72.53683
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
- Start on Woodchoppers Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Midwood Farm Road, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Portland Reservoir Road, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Mott Hill Road, heading S.
- 350 ftReach Midwood Farm Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Portland Reservoir Road, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Midwood Farm Road, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Woodchoppers Road, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
47% dirt8% gravel45% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM
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