Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve
Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve Viewpoint & Clark Pond
4.3 mi · ▲ 424 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve Viewpoint & Clark Pond is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve near Saunders Point, CT. The route passes Clark Pond before reaching Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 424 ft. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve Viewpoint & Clark Pond
4.3 mi · ▲ 424 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Elevation 34–242 ft
Out & Back · Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve
Trailhead: 41.34526, -72.20514
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 1 miPass Clark Pond.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 100 ftReach Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve Viewpoint & Clark Pond 3.7 mi · ▲ 302 ft
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