Beaver Pond & Gallup Pond
5.9 mi · ▲ 506 ft · 2 hr 13 min
Beaver Pond & Gallup Pond is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Pachaug State Forest near North Stonington, CT. The route passes Beaver Pond before reaching Gallup Pond at the turnaround, 2.9 miles in. It climbs 506 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Beaver Pond & Gallup Pond
5.9 mi · ▲ 506 ft · 2 hr 13 min
Elevation 177–394 ft
Out & Back · Pachaug State Forest
Trailhead: 41.48569, -71.87870
Weather Aug 3: Heavy showers, high 76°F / low 69° · precip 88% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:45 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.9 miPass Beaver Pond.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miPass Gallup Pond.
- 300 ftReach Beaver Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Wyassup Lake 1.2 mi · ▲ 81 ft
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