Hillside Environmental Education Park
Swamp Brook Pond & Water Line Trail
2.6 mi · ▲ 138 ft · 56 min
Swamp Brook Pond & Water Line Trail is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Hillside Environmental Education Park near Mansfield Four Corners, CT. The route reaches Swamp Brook Pond. It is mostly level, with 138 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Swamp Brook Pond & Water Line Trail
2.6 mi · ▲ 138 ft · 56 min
Elevation 505–676 ft
Out & Back · Hillside Environmental Education Park
Trailhead: 41.82686, -72.26783
Weather Sep 20: Rain, high 61°F / low 54° · precip 75% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Transit-accessible: Four Corners stop 119 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 350 ftSharp right onto Water Line Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miPass Swamp Brook Pond.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 6:26 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:12 PM — 7 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Four Corners stop 119 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Lower Storrs Pumping Station Pond & Swamp Brook Pond 5.3 mi · ▲ 331 ft
- Lower Storrs Pumping Station Pond & Swamp Brook Pond 4.2 mi · ▲ 164 ft
- Celeron Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 109 ft
- Hillside Environmental Education Park Viewpoint via Celeron Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 164 ft
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