W1/MV-004 Joe English Hill

After getting North Uncanoonuc we drove over to the end of Summit Drive in New Boston, the starting point for Joe English Hill. There is a small cul-de-sac at the end, and we parked across from the driveway.

Small beaver pond at the start.

The road was very icy, but there were enough rocks sticking through we didn't need the micro spikes. The road goes up the hill, then turns to the right. At this turn, step off the road into the stream bed clearing and follow it up. It turned back into a road after a short distance.

Turn.

Turn left at the intersection. At this point we started seeing a lot more abandoned equipment and junk. The road got a bit steeper, and much icier. When it got too much, we just stepped into the woods and followed the road through the trees. Where the summit flattens out we got back on the trail and followed it to the high point.

First view, near the summit.

There is no marker or view at the high point, but after exploring down a few trail we found some stone benches, where we stopped and I got setup. There were decent views, but lots of trees. I started on 20, and soon had a large pileup. I tried to work through it quickly, but everyone had zero beat me very well which made it hard to pick out calls.

Some mountain. Monadnock maybe?

After I had worked everyone, I was going to go do 40, but people were getting cold, so I packed up. We took the same route down, more or less. We found a trail, and started following it, but it was heading in the wrong direction, so we cut back through the woods to the road we took up. With the micro spikes on it was easy to get back to the car.

Nothing like hiking on a sheet of ice.

Trailhead: End of Summit Drive, New Boston.

Website: SOTA Site.

Maps: AA6XA SOTA Hikes map.

Route: Follow the road across the pond. Where it turns, go up the stream bed, straight uphill. Follow the road and trails up to the top.

Red Tape: This is private land, but is not signed and appears to be friendly to hikers. The cliff side of the mountain is on an Air Force Base, so don't trespass there.