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| Hiking | 5.87 Miles |
1,195 AEG |
| | Hiking | 5.87 Miles | 3 Hrs 2 Mns | | 1.99 mph |
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| no partners | | On a pretty fall day in November 2024, I did the next section of the Mattabesett Trail. I’m finally getting back to this little project. I parked at the Aircraft Road Trailhead. There is room for 3 cars there adjacent to the paved highway, but a post in the middle can be tricky to get around. Be careful if you park in the middle.
I headed north on the trail. I had a mile to go to link up with my previous section, so that was my turnaround target. With all the leaves on the ground, I depended upon the blue blazes, which were good except for one corner on the return trip, where I got off track a little.
I was out and back to my car in about an hour, and then headed south. At first the southbound trail is a pleasant woods path, but then it goes over some big granite outcroppings in the most difficult way possible. The trail scrambles up and down the outcroppings to no particular objective except to be fun, I guess. About a mile from Aircraft Road the trail crosses, then follows, a major powerline right-of-way, finally dropping into the woods and following along a pretty brook across the way from a picnic area and parking at Saybrook Road. I turned around when I got to the road, getting back to my car in 3 hours. |
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Autumn Foliage Observation None
All the leaves are on the ground. |
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