Ragged Mountain Memorial Preserve
| Address: | 240 Kensington Rd, Berlin, CT 06037, USA |
| Phone: | +1 860-828-7000 |
| Site: | town.berlin.ct.us |
| Rating: | 4.5 |
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N. C.
While you might initially be off-put at the coke bottles, broken glass, and phallic-themed graffiti , keep going on the trail and youll be rewarded by wild terrain and beautiful outlooks. You can take a variety of trails, ranging from more tame, wider roads to more narrow, rocky scrambles up cliffs; all winding through the forest. We saw a lot of interesting wildlife, including a four-foot-long eastern rat snake (don’t worry, he’s not venomous!) and some large birds of prey. Some of the trail heads seemed to have been ripped/vandalized, which is annoying, but the color-coded trail markers are pretty easy to spot and theres a good downloadable map to help. People also seemed to be taking advantage of nearby rock-climbing and cliff jumping off of Wassel Reservoir.
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Qian J
The address is wrong. Correct address is Wigwam rd. No parking lot, just park along side the street. We took blue/red trail up and the view is stunning, approx 30 min to the first vista. If you continue to the blue trail then loop back via the yellow trail it would take approx 2&1/2 hours.
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Alex S
Awesome hiking! My girlfriend and I hiked at this location last week and it was beautiful! We followed the blue trail, then the orange trail. The hike took us a total of 3 hours, words of advise plan this to be an all day event if you want to hike the whole blue trail!
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Turquoise Cheetah
Trails arent too clear; one we were on just stopped and we literally got lost in the woods for like an hour. Nice though, and when we went not a lot of people at all we maybe saw like five other people. Short trail with a nice view.
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Audrey Sutton
Trails were littered with trash and there was broken glass everywhere. DO NOT bring your dog!!! It made me sick seeing how disrespectful people are to their Earth.....you know we only have one?? TAKE OUT WHAT YOU TAKE IN, please.
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Beq MD
Has a variety of hiking difficulties, from easy to very challenging. The vistas are worth the trek and the trails are clearly marked. We visit as frequently as we can. Also a great location for rock climbing.
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Ben Smith
Visit this preserve in all 4 seasons - strikingly beautiful and surprisingly challenging hike with views to the Hanging Hills, Short Mountain, Talcott, Hartford, and the Metacomet Ridge stretching north.
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Ajay Ranipeta
Great hike and perfect to get back to nature. Hikes can be pretty easy, except for some areas where youd walk over loose rocks. Should wear some well padding footwear.
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Granger Marsden
A favorite place of mine to hike. Challenging trails and beautiful views. Some of the trails can be rocky and steep so be careful.
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John Mcgill
It has a awesome view and, its not super hard to hike to the top. One of the best hiking places around Southington.
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Danielle Stein
Awesome Hiking. Not straight up and back down, lots of waves of climbs makes it more enjoyable/challenging.
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Ross Ayer
Ragged is a beautifully preserved part of Southington. Please try to keep it that way while you enjoy it.
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Elizabeth Figueroa
Beautiful view, just wear comfortable footwear alot of loose rocks on this trail. Its worth the view.
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Keith Chapman
Great spot for hiking and climbing with beautiful views of the reservoir at the top of the main cliff
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Diana Vi
Highlights: climbing the chimney, views of two bodies of water when done as a loop
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Vincenza Guariniello
Beautiful park with beautiful views, but not easily accessible and no parking
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Scott Hunter
Some challenging sections. Great views. Could spend 3 to 4 hours exploring.
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Brian Beltrani
Great place for a hike long or short. Trails are marked very well
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Michael Hannon
Fun place to go hiking with really cool finds and a great View!
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Joao Bras-Jorge
Great place to hike (and climb if you know how to find it!)
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Ale Madrid
Great hiking mountain. I wish people didnt liter as much!
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Michael Harrington
Challenging hike with beautiful views of the reservoirs.
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Matthew S
This is a great park, there are many nice hiking trails!
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A Private User
Great place for a hike! Theres a nice 5-6 mile loop.
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Space Cow
Some of the best rock climbing on Connecticut :)
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Susan Bradley
Not too much beats sunset on Ragged Mountain!
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Daniel Lewis
Beautiful woods and traprock ridge scenery.
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Nicholas Berkun
Mountain biking and swimming (unofficially)
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Mauricio Romero
Good hike. Trails could be marked better
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Saba Alkawaz
Dangerous and scary if you are alone !!!
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John Yungk
Lots of nice trails with terrific views.
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Jason Swift
Awesome hike. Beautiful views
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Kristen Maselek
Great hike - beautiful views!
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Mark Karas
Awesome hiking and views!
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Ismael Roman
Really nice views!
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Matt Mccallister
Great hiking
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Peter Keefe
Good hiking!
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Jason Marchant
Great views
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Erin Carter
Climbing!!!
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peter goodbye
Good hike.
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