ABOUT THE PARK:
American Legion and Peoples State Forests - Connecticut DEEP
DIRECTIONS:
GPS Coordinates 41.946466, -73.014640
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| Park in a pullout anywhere along West River Road between the two Henry Buck Trail trail heads. |
TRAIL MAP:
American Legion and Peoples State Forests Trail Map - Connecticut DEEP
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HIKE DISTANCE: 2 miles
Hiked together with:
Peoples State Forest - 7 miles
American Legion State Forest - Turkey Vulture Ledges Trail - .8 miles
THE HIKE:
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| We road walked to the farthest northwestern trail head. |
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| Oops! A typo on the sign. |
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| The trail immediately climbs up, sometimes on slab steps, along pretty cascades. |
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| Up to the top ... |
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| ... then a steep descent ... |
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| ... to an overlook. |
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| Nice break spot after that climb up. |
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| Up some more. |
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| A plaque way up high on a boulder to the right, too high up to read. |
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| But that is what the 65x zoom on the camera is for. Some info about Henry Buck. |
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| I was quite surprised to find a bridge on this very rugged trail. But it's the only bridge, the rest of the water crossings are rock hops. |
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| Ruins of an old cheese box mill. |
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| Red Trillium |
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| At last, after descending, a long stretch of smooth, flat trail. |
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| The trail comes out on West River Road ... |
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| ... across from the old bridge abutments we had seen from the Peoples State Forest overlook earlier. |
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| Turning left and road walking (very carefully) about a quarter of a mile back to the car. The speed limit on this road is supposed to be 25 mph but nobody got the memo. Now on to the Turkey Vulture Ledges Trail. |
