Three Monks & Cross Viewpoint via White Trail
1.1 mi · ▲ 160 ft · 27 min
Three Monks & Cross Viewpoint via White Trail is a 1.1-mile out-and-back in Dudley Barrows Woods near North Guilford, CT. The route passes Three Monks before reaching Cross Viewpoint at the turnaround, 0.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 160 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Three Monks & Cross Viewpoint via White Trail
1.1 mi · ▲ 160 ft · 27 min
Elevation 205–301 ft
Out & Back · Dudley Barrows Woods
Trailhead: 41.35667, -72.71678
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 81°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:06 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Red Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Cross Trail, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn left onto White Trail, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Three Monks Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Cross Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Cross Viewpoint.
- 100 ftReach Three Monks, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Three Monks Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto White Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Cross Trail, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Red Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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