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| Hiking | 8.10 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 8.10 Miles | 4 Hrs 13 Mns | | 2.31 mph |
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| no partners | | Metacomet Trail: Turkey Hills to Rising Corner. I parked at the Trailhead on Rising Corner Road, and took an Uber to Turkey Hills Road. I think this turned out to be the best segment of the Metacomet Trail, and it is the northernmost segment. There are many good viewpoints and the trail is easily navigated. The trail is wide and has long flat sections along the ridge top, and very little poison ivy. The first viewpoint after leaving Turkey Hills Road has the broadest expanse. I could see all the way down to the Heublein Tower in Simsbury.
This is a popular section. I hiked this on a Sunday, and probably saw about 8 people along the way. I chatted with one guy I met going the other way and joked that he cleared the spiderwebs for me and I cleared them for him.
This segment contains the Windsor Locks Scouts Primitive Tentsite, the only legal camping spot on the whole 51 miles of the Metacomet Trail at about Lat: N 41°58.4051', Lon: W 72°44.3741'. The Metacomet is a subset of the New England National Scenic Trail (NET). The NET website, newenglandtrail.org, provides more information for through-hikers, and discourages stealth camping on private land along the trail.
Just as I crossed the state line, almost to my car, it started to rain. |
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