View from Soapstone Mountain summit lookout tower in Connecticut's Shenipsit State Forest..JPG
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Soapstone Mountain Road & Webster Road is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Shenipsit State Forest near Somers, CT. It climbs 313 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi712 – 1,017 ft · steepest grade: 20%2.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Soapstone Mountain Road 41.95786, -72.41372
Nearest town Somers, CT

Directions

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Soapstone Mountain Road & Webster Road

2.6 mi · ▲ 313 ft · 1 hr 1 min

Elevation 710–1,018 ft

Out & Back · Shenipsit State Forest

Trailhead: Soapstone Mountain Road · 41.95786, -72.41372

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 77°F / low 61° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:06 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  4. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Webster Road, heading S.
  5. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miReach Soapstone Mountain Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  8. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  11. 50 ftTurn right onto Soapstone Mountain Road, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

OvercastTemperature 77°F61°
Precip0%Wind2 mphUV7Humidity82%
Rained 2.7″ yesterday (4.5″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 5:47 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:06 PM
Wed 78°65°
Thu 89°67° 57%
Fri 93°69° 40%
Sat 91°69° 40%
Sun 93°65° 17%
Mon 92°70° 20%

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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