Meshomasic State Forest

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right onto Del Reeves Road, heading SE.
  5. 500 ftTurn left, heading S.
  6. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  7. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  8. 0.6 miBear left onto Portland Reservoir Road, heading E.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
  11. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
  12. 400 ftTurn right onto Mott Hill Road, heading SE.
  13. 350 ftReach Portland Reservoir Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  15. 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  16. 0.5 miTurn left onto Portland Reservoir Road, heading NW.
  17. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
  18. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  19. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  20. 450 ftBear left, heading NW.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right onto Del Reeves Road, heading NW.
  22. 500 ftTurn left, heading N.
  23. 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
  24. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  25. 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

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