State Forest Quarry #1 & Midwood Farm Road via Portland Reservoir Road
7.2 mi · ▲ 364 ft · 2 hr 35 min
State Forest Quarry #1 & Midwood Farm Road via Portland Reservoir Road is a 7.2-mile out-and-back in Meshomasic State Forest near Lake Pocotopaug, CT. The route reaches State Forest Quarry #1 at the turnaround, 3.6 miles in. It climbs 364 ft. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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State Forest Quarry #1 & Midwood Farm Road via Portland Reservoir Road
7.2 mi · ▲ 364 ft · 2 hr 35 min
Elevation 710–900 ft
Out & Back · Meshomasic State Forest
Trailhead: Mott Hill Road · 41.62953, -72.51474
Weather Aug 4: Heavy showers, high 76°F / low 67° · precip 99% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Portland Reservoir Road, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Midwood Farm Road, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftReach State Forest Quarry #1, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Portland Reservoir Road, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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