Blue/Violet Trail Link Viewpoint & Fergusons Pond is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Sleeping Giant State Park near Mount Carmel Center, CT. The route passes Fergusons Pond and Blue/Violet Trail Link Viewpoint. It climbs 745 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi157 – 620 ft · steepest grade: 17%5.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.43840, -72.89245
Nearest town Mount Carmel Center, CT
Directions
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Blue/Violet Trail Link Viewpoint & Fergusons Pond
4.6 mi · ▲ 745 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Elevation 157–619 ft
Out & Back · Sleeping Giant State Park
Trailhead: 41.43840, -72.89245
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 400 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miPass Fergusons Pond.
- 200 ftReach Blue/Violet Trail Link Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 200 ftPass Blue/Violet Trail Link Viewpoint.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Blue/Violet Trail Link, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
52% dirt4% grass44% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:50 AMSunset 8:07 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~18 min). Leave by 7:29 PM for the 8:07 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:43 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Sleeping Giant State Park Viewpoint Loop 1.9 mi · ▲ 448 ft
- Sleeping Giant State Park Viewpoint Loop 2.2 mi · ▲ 692 ft
- Sleeping Giant State Park Viewpoint Loop 2.3 mi · ▲ 679 ft
- Blue/Violet Trail Link Viewpoint & Fergusons Pond 5 mi · ▲ 804 ft
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