Black Spruce Pond–Natchaug State Forest Beach, 4 sights is an 11.4-mile out-and-back in Natchaug State Forest near Phoenixville, CT. The route passes Natchaug State Forest Beach before reaching Black Spruce Pond at the turnaround, 5.7 miles in. It climbs 988 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi381 – 673 ft · steepest grade: 15%11.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.84753, -72.08245
Nearest town Phoenixville, CT
Directions
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Black Spruce Pond–Natchaug State Forest Beach, 4 sights
11.4 mi · ▲ 988 ft · 4 hr 18 min
Elevation 381–673 ft
Out & Back · Natchaug State Forest
Trailhead: 41.84753, -72.08245
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 78°F / low 61° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto CCC Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miPass Natchaug State Forest Beach.
- 2 miSharp left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Nutmeg Lane, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Middle Road, heading S.
- 0.5 miReach Black Spruce Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miPass Black Spruce Pond.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
- 1.4 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Natchaug Forest Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left onto CCC Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading N.
- 1.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
70% dirt30% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 78°F61°
Precip0%Wind5 mphUV8Humidity83%
Rained 0.7″ yesterday (2.8″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 5:46 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:05 PM
Wed
79°63°
Thu
85°68°
36%
Fri
92°70°
32%
Sat
90°69°
41%
Sun
91°69°
16%
Mon
92°72°
19%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Natchaug State Forest Beach via CCC Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 311 ft
- Natchaug State Forest Beach & CCC Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 347 ft
- Natchaug State Forest Beach & CCC Trail 5.3 mi · ▲ 569 ft
- Governor's Island–Pine Acres Lake, 4 beaches 11.2 mi · ▲ 588 ft
- Pine Acres Lake–Black Spruce Pond, 4 lakes 12.4 mi · ▲ 670 ft
- Natchaug State Forest Beach–Edwin Way Teale Pond, 3 beaches 12.9 mi · ▲ 641 ft
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