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Kitchel Wildlife Sanctuary route map
Difficulty: DifficultLoop
Algonquin State Forest/Connecticut

Kitchel Wildlife Sanctuary

Winsted, Connecticut

5.8 mi

Distance

1,644 ft

Elev. Gain

2h 37m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Difficult

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Kitchel Wildlife Sanctuary unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection manages this trail and is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

We have no current condition data for this trail. Check with the operator before you go, and submit a report below if you've been recently.

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Elevation Profile

Min:236 ft
Max:426 ft
Gain:501 ft
Loss:501 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 236 ft and 426 ft across 5.7 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.236 ft299 ft363 ft426 ft0.0 mi1.4 mi2.9 mi4.3 mi5.7 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi249 ft
High point3.6 mi426 ft
End5.7 mi249 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Riverton, CT · about 3 mi away
County:
Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT
Jurisdiction:
Algonquin State Forest · Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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