Penwood State Park Trail

Highly recommend the Metacomet trail. Beautiful views. Dry and rocky.

Nice easy trail

raining and 60 degrees, but knew that going in. still fall in new england and beautiful. highly recommend trekking poles if following blue or purple blazed trails in fall and wet!

Beautiful views, awesome trail! Didn’t get to do the whole thing but will definitely be back to walk the entire trail!

it's a good trekking

Really nice easy hike

It's a good trail in Simsbury area, which is well-maintained and it is not so hard. Nice and scenic outlooks on Simsbury, especially from The Pinnacle will inspire all beauty of Farmington Valley. Recommended.

Went on a rainy day, very foggy, so couldn’t see the view, but gorgeous trails and very easy, would love to do again.

this is the 3rd leg of metacomet,started on wintonbury rd ended up at W H reservoir #6. 8.7 miles, awesome hike ,Penn wood great elevation,great in line hiking,burned1800cals....great day,

Great and challenging trail. I run it quite often because it is the site of the Traprock 50. Make sure you download a map because there are some remote areas that can be confusing.

Was. I e people and dogs . Was just a drop in

Hiked it , liked it. one of my go to hikes when you just need to get out in any season. Take the blue out of the parking lot and follow past the lake, continue on blue up the "stairs ", to the north parking area. Going back south, take the orange to the yellow on the backside of the lake. Yellow gives nice views of the valley below. 7 miles in four hours with time for enjoying the park.

Good hike, 5 miles and back in the rain

Great hike, we did a little over four miles in and out. Used the yellow trail, easy to follow, with a great view at the top.

yellow trail is awesome with nice views

Loved it. Rain and all!

A moderate trail with a view of Hublein tower to the south if on the metacomet. Some loose rock areas...watch out on the stone staircase passing the wildlife sanctuary. The new england trail dumps out on mountain rd heading north.

Hiked it today with our 13 year old,9 year old and 1 year old puppy!! Great trail, not for the novice hiker. Unlike many of the reviews we did not find the trail to be poorly marked, but rather the opposite. We went on the hike to go geocaching and found 3 out of the 4 we were looking for. We hiked about 4 miles total and we were primarily on the Blue Trail.

Close to home, and I'm a novice. Will be back, looking forward to conquering all of the trails.

Great easy to moderate trail, we did the blue and orange trails. Only downside is the trees are poorly marked at some areas making it difficult to stay on path. We hiked for a total of 4 hours and I would definitely do it again and recommend it to hikers at all levels. The view is much better than Talcott too!! 5 stars.

I did a 4 mile hike and on way back hiked portion of Metacomet trail. The blue blazed trails are well marked. However the trails are not marked. Would love doing it again.

challenging but awesome

Great experience! We did the blue trail. The peek at the end was well worth it! And loved the option for the road walk on the way back.

Blue trail (Metacomet) is a moderate hike. A few hills to climb. If you hike north past Lake Louise you get the best scenery overlooking the valley.

I have done this hike with a friend, who had a baby in a backpack. We ended up hiking over 4 miles. The only reason I gave it 4 starts and not 5, is the trails aren't always clearly marked and you almost feel as if you are lost. Now that I have done the trail once, it should make the next time easier. The views are beautiful once you get higher up.

Great for exploring through the woods with kids. great balance of challenge and ease.