Connecticut · Rock climbing · Burlington · Near Middletown

The Longest Mile

5.11
grade
Trad Gear
style

One of the harder climbs catalogued at Petro Cliffs, where routes span from 5.4 to 5.12-.

Around this trail

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    Northfield Brook Lake Group Shelters

    Campground

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    Lock Museum of America

    Museum

    On your way back · 3 mi

    Industry museum in Terryville, Connecticut

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Photo of the crag

Petro Cliffs — the crag this route is on
Petro Cliffs, Connecticut — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: Morrowlong, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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