Mott Hill Road & Portland Reservoir Road via Del Reeves Road
6.5 mi · ▲ 608 ft · 2 hr 28 min
Mott Hill Road & Portland Reservoir Road via Del Reeves Road is a 6.5-mile out-and-back in Meshomasic State Forest near Hopewell, CT. It climbs 608 ft. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi600 – 860 ft7.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.64200, -72.55174
Nearest town Hopewell, CT
Directions
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Mott Hill Road & Portland Reservoir Road via Del Reeves Road
6.5 mi · ▲ 608 ft · 2 hr 28 min
Elevation 601–860 ft
Out & Back · Meshomasic State Forest
Trailhead: 41.64200, -72.55174
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Del Reeves Road, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Portland Reservoir Road, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Mott Hill Road, heading SE.
- 350 ftReach Portland Reservoir Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Portland Reservoir Road, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Del Reeves Road, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
48% dirt3% gravel1% paved48% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.3 mi · out & back · via Del Reeves Road
- 2.4 mi · loop · via Del Reeves Road
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- 3.4 mi · out & back · via Del Reeves Road
- 3.4 mi · loop · via Del Reeves Road
- 3.6 mi · out & back · via Del Reeves Road
- 4.5 mi · out & back · via Del Reeves Road
- 4.7 mi · out & back · via Del Reeves Road
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