Schmidt Trail via Midstate Trail is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Douglas State Forest near East Thompson, CT. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi659 – 768 ft2.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.03758, -71.78626
Nearest town East Thompson, CT
Directions
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Schmidt Trail via Midstate Trail
2.3 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 48 min
Elevation 659–767 ft
Out & Back · Douglas State Forest
Trailhead: 42.03758, -71.78626
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 6:48 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Midstate Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Schmidt Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftReach Schmidt Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear left onto Streeter Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Grand Trunk Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
58% dirt42% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 6:48 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
- 1.9 mi · loop · via Midstate Trail
- 2 mi · out & back · via Midstate Trail
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Midstate Trail
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Midstate Trail
- 2.2 mi · out & back · via Midstate Trail
- 2.2 mi · out & back · via Midstate Trail
- 2.3 mi · out & back · via Midstate Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Midstate Trail
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- Midstate Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 84 ft
- Midstate Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 106 ft
- Midstate Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 83 ft
- Midstate Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 117 ft
- Midstate Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 119 ft
- Midstate Trail 3 mi · ▲ 84 ft
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