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Bluff Point–Bluff Point State Park Beach, 5 beaches is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Bluff Point State Park near Groton Long Point, CT. The route passes Race Track Pond, Bluff Point State Park Beach, Groton Beach and Bluff Point Beach before reaching Bluff Point at the turnaround, 2.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 139 ft of elevation gain. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi0 – 95 ft5.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sunrise Road 41.32622, -72.01302
Nearest town Groton Long Point, CT

Directions

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Bluff Point–Bluff Point State Park Beach, 5 beaches

5.4 mi · ▲ 139 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Elevation 2–96 ft

Out & Back · Bluff Point State Park

Trailhead: Sunrise Road · 41.32622, -72.01302

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:03 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftPass Race Track Pond.
  3. 50 ftTurn left onto G&S Trolley Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 0.4 miPass Bluff Point State Park Beach.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftPass Groton Beach.
  8. 1.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  9. 0.3 miPass Bluff Point Beach.
  10. 150 ftSharp right, heading S.
  11. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  13. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftReach Bluff Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  16. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  17. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  18. 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
  19. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  20. 1.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  21. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
  22. 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

53% dirt22% gravel25% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:47 AMSunset 8:03 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.7 mi in (~68 min). Leave by 6:35 PM for the 8:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:25 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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