NEFF Trail & Rooster Tail is a 15.4-mile out-and-back in Airline State Park Trail (Northern Section) near Rawson, CT. It climbs 383 ft. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi541 – 719 ft15.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.81628, -72.09399
Nearest town Rawson, CT
Directions
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NEFF Trail & Rooster Tail
15.4 mi · ▲ 383 ft · 5 hr 19 min
Elevation 541–719 ft
Out & Back · Airline State Park Trail (Northern Section)
Trailhead: 41.81628, -72.09399
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 5.7 miTurn right onto NEFF Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Mud Slinger, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Rooster Tail, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach NEFF Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Mud Slinger, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto NEFF Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 5.7 miTurn right, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 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
57% dirt30% gravel13% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 6:51 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:31 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:51 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:19 PM.
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