Upper Ridgeline Run Viewpoint–Metropolitan District Reservoir #3, 5 sights is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in West Hartford Reservoirs Recreation Area near Oakland Gardens, CT. The route passes Hartford Reservoir Number 5, Metropolitan District Reservoir #3 and Metropolitan District Reservoir #3 before reaching Upper Ridgeline Run Viewpoint at the turnaround, 0.9 miles in. It climbs 250 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi289 – 561 ft · steepest grade: 27%2.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.75326, -72.78467
Nearest town Oakland Gardens, CT
Directions
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Upper Ridgeline Run Viewpoint–Metropolitan District Reservoir #3, 5 sights
1.9 mi · ▲ 250 ft · 46 min
Elevation 289–560 ft
Out & Back · West Hartford Reservoirs Recreation Area
Trailhead: 41.75326, -72.78467
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 350 ftPass Hartford Reservoir Number 5.
- 200 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Yellow Loop, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Lower Ridgeline Run, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miPass Metropolitan District Reservoir #3.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Red Loop, heading W.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Fall Line, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Fall Line Bypass, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Fall Line, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Metropolitan District Reservoir #3.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Upper Ridgeline Run, heading NE.
- 50 ftReach Upper Ridgeline Run Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Fall Line, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Fall Line Bypass, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Fall Line, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red Loop, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Lower Ridgeline Run, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Yellow Loop, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
33% dirt9% gravel7% paved51% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:07 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Hartford Reservoir Number 5 & Yellow Loop 1.2 mi · ▲ 168 ft
- Metropolitan District Reservoir #3–Lower Ridgeline Run Loop, 3 sights 1.3 mi · ▲ 61 ft
- Lower Ridgeline Run–Metacomet Trail (NET), 3 sights 3.1 mi · ▲ 332 ft
- South Wall–Solar Panel, 7 cliffs 3.8 mi · ▲ 374 ft
- Killkenny Rocks–South Wall, 8 cliffs 3.8 mi · ▲ 439 ft
- Metropolitan District Reservoir #2–Hartford Reservoir Number 5, 5 lakes 4.3 mi · ▲ 170 ft
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