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Rockland Preserve

Whitney Pond–Bridle Loop, 3 sights

4.4 mi · ▲ 566 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Whitney Pond–Bridle Loop, 3 sights is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Rockland Preserve near Rockland, CT. The route reaches Whitney Pond at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 566 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi240 – 548 ft · steepest grade: 18%4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lone Pine Trail 41.41953, -72.68927
Nearest town Rockland, CT
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Whitney Pond–Bridle Loop, 3 sights

4.4 mi · ▲ 566 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Elevation 240–549 ft

Out & Back · Rockland Preserve

Trailhead: Lone Pine Trail · 41.41953, -72.68927

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Lone Pine Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.4 miBear right onto Bridle Loop, heading E.
  3. 100 ftSharp right onto Lone Pine Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right onto Crooked Hill Road, heading NE.
  5. 0.3 miBear left onto New England Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left onto Whitney Road, heading N.
  8. 0.4 miBear left onto Selectmen's Path, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  10. 500 ftBear right onto Mica Ledges Trail, heading W.
  11. 50 ftReach Whitney Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  13. 500 ftTurn left onto Selectmen's Path, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftBear right onto Whitney Road, heading NW.
  15. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  16. 0.2 miBear left onto New England Trail, heading S.
  17. 0.4 miBear right onto Crooked Hill Road, heading S.
  18. 0.3 miTurn left onto Lone Pine Trail, heading SW.
  19. 0.4 miSharp left onto Bridle Loop, heading SW.
  20. 100 ftBear left onto Lone Pine Trail, heading SW.
  21. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/whitney-pond-whitney-pond-out-back-8-km-5611

Trail surface

51% dirt3% boardwalk46% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~59 min). Leave by 5:35 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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