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Barn Island Wildlife Management Area

Birder–Mud N Blood, 3 sights

3.6 mi · ▲ 109 ft · 1 hr 15 min

Birder–Mud N Blood, 3 sights is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Barn Island Wildlife Management Area near Wequetequock, CT. It is mostly level, with 109 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi0 – 59 ft4.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.35238, -71.86176
Nearest town Wequetequock, CT
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Birder–Mud N Blood, 3 sights

3.6 mi · ▲ 109 ft · 1 hr 15 min

Elevation 0–59 ft

Out & Back · Barn Island Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 41.35238, -71.86176

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 6:50 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miBear left onto Behind Enemy Lines, heading SE.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  4. 400 ftTurn right onto Birder, heading SW.
  5. 450 ftTurn right onto Venture Cutoff, heading S.
  6. 50 ftTurn left onto Birder, heading S.
  7. 150 ftTurn right onto North Fire Road, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  9. 450 ftBear left onto Mud N Blood, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Sinister Ridge, heading S.
  11. 50 ftTurn right onto South Fire Road, heading S.
  12. 0.6 miBear left onto Little Shot Shell, heading W.
  13. 50 ftTurn right onto South Fire Road, heading W.
  14. 0.2 miReach Birder, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left onto Little Shot Shell, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftBear right onto South Fire Road, heading NE.
  17. 0.6 miTurn left onto Sinister Ridge, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftTurn right onto Mud N Blood, heading SE.
  19. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  20. 400 ftTurn right onto North Fire Road, heading N.
  21. 50 ftTurn left onto Birder, heading N.
  22. 150 ftTurn right onto Venture Cutoff, heading NW.
  23. 50 ftTurn left onto Birder, heading NW.
  24. 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  25. 400 ftTurn left onto Behind Enemy Lines, heading E.
  26. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  27. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/staunton-hill-out-back-5-km-e86d

Trail surface

91% dirt9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 6:50 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~16 min). Leave by 6:14 PM for the 6:50 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:21 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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