Old Messenger Road
1.9 mi · ▲ 406 ft · 50 min
Old Messenger Road is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Granby Land Trust Preserves near West Granby, CT. It climbs 406 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi364 – 781 ft · steepest grade: 22%2.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.96362, -72.83847
Nearest town West Granby, CT
Directions
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Old Messenger Road
1.9 mi · ▲ 406 ft · 50 min
Elevation 363–783 ft
Out & Back · Granby Land Trust Preserves
Trailhead: 41.96362, -72.83847
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:08 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Old Messenger Road, heading W.
- 500 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 500 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 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
88% dirt9% grass3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:08 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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