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Rattlesnake Mountain–Rattlesnake Rock, 5 sights is a 5.1-mile out-and-back near Pinnacle Heights Housing, CT. The route passes Metacomet Pond, Rattlesnake Rock, Will Warren's Den and Green Wall before reaching Rattlesnake Mountain at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 934 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi243 – 758 ft · steepest grade: 23%6.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.67123, -72.83222
Nearest town Pinnacle Heights Housing, CT

Directions

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Rattlesnake Mountain–Rattlesnake Rock, 5 sights

5.1 mi · ▲ 934 ft · 2 hr 10 min

Elevation 241–758 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.67123, -72.83222

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:07 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 1.3 miSharp right, heading N.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  5. 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
  6. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  7. 50 ftPass Metacomet Pond.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  11. 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
  12. 300 ftBear left, heading N.
  13. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  16. 0.2 miPass Rattlesnake Rock.
  17. 50 ftPass Will Warren's Den.
  18. 100 ftBear right, heading W.
  19. 0.1 miPass Green Wall.
  20. 150 ftSharp left, heading N.
  21. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  22. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  23. 0.1 miReach Rattlesnake Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  24. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  25. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  26. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  27. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  28. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  29. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  30. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  31. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  32. 300 ftBear right, heading S.
  33. 300 ftSharp left, heading S.
  34. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  35. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  36. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  37. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  38. 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
  39. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  40. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  41. 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Weather

Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:07 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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