Bell Company Pond–Cranberry Bog, 11 sights is a 9.1-mile out-and-back in Airline State Park Trail (Southern Section) near East Hampton, CT. The route passes Bell Company Pond, Artistic Wire Company Pond and Cranberry Bog. It climbs 619 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Bell Company Pond–Cranberry Bog, 11 sights
9.1 mi · ▲ 619 ft · 3 hr 21 min
Elevation 294–602 ft
Out & Back · Airline State Park Trail (Southern Section)
Trailhead: Air Line Trail · 41.57531, -72.50157
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 79°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:06 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Air Line Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Bell Company Pond.
- 200 ftPass Artistic Wire Company Pond.
- 0.5 miPass Cranberry Bog.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Heading In, heading SE.
- 1.2 miSharp right onto Daly Rd Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto CQT, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Low Road, heading E.
- 350 ftBear left onto Upper Packard Goose, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear left onto Middle Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Tea, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Middle Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto High Road, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Good Friday, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 1.7 miSharp right onto Rapallo Viaduct (buried), heading S.
- 2.1 miContinue straight onto Air Line Trail, heading W.
- 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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