2021-7-7, Metacomet Trail, Farmington, Plainville, CT

 On 2021-7-7, I hiked the Metacomet Trail, from US-6 in Farmington southerly to Pinnacle Rock in Plainville, and back.  Here's a screenshot showing location numbers that I'll refer to.



1.  The northeastern end of a boardwalk on a section where water oozes out of the hillside.



Between 1 and 2.  A bridge connecting a section which is like a raised gravel road encased in wood and the boardwalk.



Between 1 and 2.  A bridge connecting two parts of the gravel-road-like section.


2.  The southwestern end of the gravel-road-like section.



3.  A new set of stone steps.



4.  Going northerly, on my way back, despite the clear blazing, I missed the left turn here and went onto an unblazed trail that traveled for about 300 feet and re-connected with the Metacomet.



5.  A sunlit stretch of trail through a power cut tends to get overgrown.



5.  A blow-down in the powercut.



5.  Poison ivy in the powercut.



5.  A fallen branch near the powercut.



6.  A recent blowdown.



7  I tried to push this small blowdown off the trail, but couldn't get the blowdown around a standing tree.


8.  Going northerly, I could see no blaze ahead here.  This is looking at the Metacomet.  A broad unblazed thoroughfare went to the left.




.9.  Pinnacle Rock, where I turned around.












David Reik

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