King Phillip Mountain & Talcott Mountain State Park Viewpoint
2.5 mi · ▲ 758 ft · 1 hr 13 min
King Phillip Mountain & Talcott Mountain State Park Viewpoint is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Talcott Mountain State Park near Alsop Corner, CT. The route passes Talcott Mountain State Park Viewpoint before reaching King Phillip Mountain at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It climbs 758 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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King Phillip Mountain & Talcott Mountain State Park Viewpoint
2.5 mi · ▲ 758 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Elevation 267–956 ft
Out & Back · Talcott Mountain State Park
Trailhead: 41.82082, -72.81095
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftPass Talcott Mountain State Park Viewpoint.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftReach King Phillip Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Talcott Mountain State Park Viewpoint 1.7 mi · ▲ 584 ft
- Talcott Mountain State Park Viewpoint 2 mi · ▲ 671 ft
- Little Phillip Mountain & Reservoir 6 Recreation Area Viewpoint 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,330 ft
- Reservoir 6 Recreation Area Viewpoint 5 mi · ▲ 1,275 ft
- King Phillip Mountain–Talcott Mountain State Park Viewpoint, 3 summits 5.8 mi · ▲ 1,218 ft
- Penwood State Park Viewpoint–Gale Pond, 3 lakes 8.2 mi · ▲ 1,666 ft
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