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| Hiking | 8.85 Miles |
948 AEG |
| | Hiking | 8.85 Miles | 4 Hrs 31 Mns | | 2.45 mph |
| 948 ft AEG | 54 Mns Break | 20 LBS Pack | | |
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| no partners | | Metacomet Trail, Farmington Reservoir to Hartford Reservoir.
I parked at the Hartford Reservoir #6 lot, which was filled on a Tuesday morning from early morning joggers. There is an outhouse here, just inside the second gate. From here, I took an Uber south to Farmington Reservoir, the parking lot on Route 6. From the parking lot, there is a short segment of blue-white-blazed connector trail to the blue-blazed Metacomet, then shortly the trail crosses Route 6. The double blaze just after crossing the road is a bit misleading. The trail turns right and heads up the hill.
There is a nice bench just before Route 4, then the trail cuts through a fence, across the jughandle of CT-4, and into the Bancroft Memorial Protected Land of the Farmington Land Trust. Leaving the land trust, the trail follows Prattling Pond Road with its nice houses. Here I saw some of the cleverness of routing this trail through suburban neighborhoods. At number 85, the trail appears to leave the road, but actually, the road just becomes invisibile, and the trail continues on its right-of-way down to Metacomet Road, coming out at #32. At #19, the trail begins paralleling the road in front of the houses.
After crossing Talcott Notch Road, the way goes alongside a house with a formidable bear fence. This is one of the areas of Connecticut where the most bears are seen. It follows a flat track for a bit before coming out on Old Mountain Road, then passing into East Hartford and watershed land managed by the MDC, as it works its way north to Route 44 and the parking lot for Reservoir #6. |
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