Alice Fern Bruce Preserve Viewpoint
3.8 mi · ▲ 509 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Alice Fern Bruce Preserve Viewpoint is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Alice Fern Bruce Preserve near Highland, CT. The route reaches Alice Fern Bruce Preserve Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 509 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 29/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Alice Fern Bruce Preserve Viewpoint
3.8 mi · ▲ 509 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Elevation 184–521 ft
Out & Back · Alice Fern Bruce Preserve
Trailhead: 41.57256, -72.73896
Weather Sep 20: Rain, high 63°F / low 57° · precip 78% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:54 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miReach Alice Fern Bruce Preserve Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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