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Schoolhouse Brook Park

Bicentennial Pond–Eaton Pond, 3 lakes

4.6 mi · ▲ 494 ft · 1 hr 47 min

Bicentennial Pond–Eaton Pond, 3 lakes is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Schoolhouse Brook Park near Spring Hill, CT. The route passes Eaton Pond and Bicentennial Pond before reaching Schoolhouse Brook Park Beach at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 494 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi312 – 646 ft · steepest grade: 21%4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.78830, -72.22381
Nearest town Spring Hill, CT
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Bicentennial Pond–Eaton Pond, 3 lakes

4.6 mi · ▲ 494 ft · 1 hr 47 min

Elevation 312–645 ft

Out & Back · Schoolhouse Brook Park

Trailhead: 41.78830, -72.22381

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:48 PM

Transit-accessible: Spring Hill stop 85 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left onto Upper Beech MBT, heading W.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miPass Eaton Pond.
  8. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  10. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  11. 0.3 miPass Schoolhouse Brook Park Beach.
  12. 100 ftReach Bicentennial Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  14. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  15. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  16. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  17. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  18. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  19. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  20. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bicentennial-pond-eaton-pond-out-back-5-lakes-7-km

Trail surface

19% dirt81% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:48 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Spring Hill stop 85 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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