Lake Compounce, CT
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Just perusing the sat images and wanted to see if anyone on here has taken a hike around Lake Compounce or south near the New Britain Reservoir... Looks like there's no way to get access to the Lake C stuff and the res looks difficult as well.. either way lots of rock on this ridge just wondering who's been out there. |
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Explored there some years ago, parked out on the main road and bushwhacked in on the left side (right near the lake) if I remember correctly. Just as your starting up the hill there's a very large boulder with potentially some cool stuff on it. Found a few others scattered about but considering I never went back I don't remember finding a lot. Rock was pretty nice granite though. Go check it out, that one boulder's worth a trip and there may be more....wait til it's cold enough so the ticks are gone! |
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There is a hiking trail at the end of the Panthorn Trail cul-de-sac N 41° 37.936 W 072° 55.486 |
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What type of rock is it? Schist? Quality? |
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CaptainMo wrote:What type of rock is it? Schist? Quality?Sorry, don't remember. I was there while geocaching several years ago. I happened to have the coords for that large boulder not because I was bouldering there but because there was a cache placed on top of that boulder. You'll have to check it out. IIRC, it wasn't a very long hike. The access from the Panthorn Trail cul-de-sac is closest. |
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Did a little digging... Southington Mountain Member of The Straits Schist (Devonian or Silurian or both). |