Hillside Environmental Education Park
Swamp Brook Pond & Water Line Trail Loop
2.3 mi · ▲ 143 ft · 50 min
Swamp Brook Pond & Water Line Trail Loop is a 2.3-mile loop in Hillside Environmental Education Park near Mansfield Four Corners, CT. The route reaches Swamp Brook Pond. It is mostly level, with 143 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 Loop
2.3 mi · ▲ 143 ft · 50 min
Elevation 505–676 ft
Loop · Hillside Environmental Education Park
Trailhead: 41.82199, -72.26601
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
Transit-accessible: Innovative Partnership Building stop 403 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 450 ftPass Swamp Brook Pond.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Water Line Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miThe loop closes 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 0.3 mi in (~7 min). Leave by 7:38 PM for the 8:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:28 PM — 9 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Innovative Partnership Building stop 403 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Celeron Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Hillside Environmental Education Park Viewpoint via Celeron Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Cascades & Water Line Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 222 ft
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