Camp Mattatuck
Campground
Campground · 0.8 mi from the trail
Connecticut · Rock climbing · Plymouth · Near Middletown
Vertical Limit
- 5.8
- grade
- Trad Gear
- style
- Apr–Oct
- best months
One of 29 routes catalogued at Main Slab, this climb sits in the middle of the crag's range from 5.4 to 5.10.
Around this trail
Add any of these when you start a tripSleep close Eat after Popeyes
Fast food
On your way back · 3 mi
If it rainsJllm06, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsMattatuck Museum
Museum
On your way back · 4 mi
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More in Middletown- Nearby · Whitestone Cliffs · Right End · Jericho Cliff (Junkyard)
Best time to go · Apr–Oct
Best time to visit Vertical Limit
Best months: April–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
36° / 17°
10 wet · 4 snow
Feb
39° / 18°
9 wet · 3 snow
Mar
47° / 26°
10 wet · 2 snow
Apr
59° / 36°
11 wet
May
70° / 47°
12 wet
Jun
78° / 57°
11 wet
Jul
84° / 62°
11 wet
Aug
82° / 60°
10 wet
Sep
75° / 53°
9 wet
Oct
63° / 41°
10 wet
Nov
52° / 32°
9 wet
Dec
41° / 24°
11 wet · 2 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Burlington, CT, 13.5 mi away at 505 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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