Spot Pond & Goat Hill Road via New England Trail
7.4 mi · ▲ 501 ft · 2 hr 43 min
Spot Pond & Goat Hill Road via New England Trail is a 7.4-mile out-and-back in Broomstick Ledges near Rockland, CT. The route reaches Spot Pond at the turnaround, 3.7 miles in. It climbs 501 ft. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Spot Pond & Goat Hill Road via New England Trail
7.4 mi · ▲ 501 ft · 2 hr 43 min
Elevation 250–478 ft
Out & Back · Broomstick Ledges
Trailhead: Goat Hill Road · 41.39641, -72.65239
Weather Aug 4: Heavy showers, high 79°F / low 69° · precip 92% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Goat Hill Road, heading SW.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto County Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 500 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto New England Trail, heading NW.
- 1.7 miReach Spot Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto County Road, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Goat Hill Road, heading SE.
- 1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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