Palers Cove–Bluff Point State Park Beach, 5 beaches
5.8 mi · ▲ 135 ft · 2 hr
Palers Cove–Bluff Point State Park Beach, 5 beaches is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Bluff Point State Park near Noank, CT. The route passes Palers Cove, Race Track Pond, Bluff Point State Park Beach and 2 more. It is mostly level, with 135 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Palers Cove–Bluff Point State Park Beach, 5 beaches
5.8 mi · ▲ 135 ft · 2 hr
Elevation 2–96 ft
Out & Back · Bluff Point State Park
Trailhead: 41.33211, -72.00576
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Palers Cove.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 300 ftPass Race Track Pond.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto G&S Trolley Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.4 miPass Bluff Point State Park Beach.
- 0.2 miPass Groton Beach.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miPass Bluff Point Beach.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach Palers Cove, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive 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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- Dogs allowed on leash
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Palers Cove–Bluff Point State Park Beach, 4 beaches 2.9 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Mortimer Wright Nature Preserve–Palers Cove, 3 lakes 0.9 mi · ▲ 53 ft
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