Rattlesnake Rock–Hospital Rock, 4 sights is a 1.9-mile out-and-back near Pinnacle Heights Housing, CT. The route passes Metacomet Pond, Rattlesnake Rock, Will Warren's Den and Hospital Rock. It climbs 576 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi348 – 686 ft · steepest grade: 34%2.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.68970, -72.83290
Nearest town Pinnacle Heights Housing, CT
Directions
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Rattlesnake Rock–Hospital Rock, 4 sights
1.9 mi · ▲ 576 ft · 55 min
Elevation 347–685 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.68970, -72.83290
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Metacomet Pond.
- 300 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miPass Rattlesnake Rock.
- 50 ftPass Will Warren's Den.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Settlement Road, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 450 ftPass Hospital Rock.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 300 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive 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
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- Metacomet Pond 2 mi · ▲ 415 ft
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