The hike began at the parking area at the end of Todd Hollow Road. This appears to be US Army property.
After a brief roadwalk the trail re-enters the woods and follows a brook that empties into a pretty good side beaver pond. More geese and turtles than beavers though.
A while later the trail begins to climb and then exits the army property near this marker. Its now in Mattatuck state forest.
Near one of the ridges we ran into this rock formation that reminded us of the Inca stonework we saw in Peru.
We had lunch at Brophy pond. Very pretty spot, too bad it had been trashed by the partiers. This large quartz boulder was nearby.
After a walk on Wilton Road we re-entered the woods and climbed to a view point over looking the Naugatuck valley. Nice open rocks with a lot of cedar trees.
The trail then dropped down to Watertown road for another short road walk before a last climb in the woods on a very poorly planned section of trail. It climbed straight up and then right back down to the road for no apparent reason.
We did see a lot of blooming trout lillies along the trail.
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