Webster Road via Soapstone Mountain Road
6.8 mi · ▲ 911 ft · 2 hr 43 min
Webster Road via Soapstone Mountain Road is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Shenipsit State Forest near Somers, CT. It climbs 911 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 46/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi328 – 866 ft · steepest grade: 16%7.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.98207, -72.42798
Nearest town Somers, CT
Directions
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Webster Road via Soapstone Mountain Road
6.8 mi · ▲ 911 ft · 2 hr 43 min
Elevation 328–868 ft
Out & Back · Shenipsit State Forest
Trailhead: 41.98207, -72.42798
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Soapstone Mountain Road, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Webster Road, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miReach Webster Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Soapstone Mountain Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 1.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
66% dirt34% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:52 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Parker Road 5.9 mi · ▲ 976 ft
- Parker Road 5.5 mi · ▲ 858 ft
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