View from Soapstone Mountain summit lookout tower in Connecticut's Shenipsit State Forest..JPG
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Soapstone Mountain–Shenipsit State Forest Viewpoint, 3 summits is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Shenipsit State Forest near Crystal Lake, CT. The route passes Soapstone Mountain and Shenipsit State Forest Viewpoint. It climbs 629 ft, with sections as steep as 48% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 72/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi712 – 1,047 ft · steepest grade: 48%4.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sodom Road 41.96264, -72.40619
Nearest town Crystal Lake, CT

Directions

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Soapstone Mountain–Shenipsit State Forest Viewpoint, 3 summits

3.5 mi · ▲ 629 ft · 1 hr 29 min

Elevation 710–1,047 ft

Out & Back · Shenipsit State Forest

Trailhead: Sodom Road · 41.96264, -72.40619

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Sodom Road, heading SW.
  2. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  3. 50 ftBear right onto Soap Stone Road, heading SW.
  4. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  5. 50 ftPass Soapstone Mountain.
  6. 100 ftPass Shenipsit State Forest Viewpoint.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  9. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  11. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Webster Road, heading SW.
  12. 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
  13. 0.2 miReach Soapstone Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  15. 0.8 miTurn right, heading E.
  16. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  17. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  19. 200 ftBear right, heading E.
  20. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  21. 50 ftBear right onto Soap Stone Road, heading E.
  22. 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

90% dirt7% gravel3% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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