The Sheffield Scientific School-Yale University
Powers Lake & Darrow Pond via Aunt Ruth's Turnpike
6.2 mi · ▲ 591 ft · 2 hr 22 min
Powers Lake & Darrow Pond via Aunt Ruth's Turnpike is a 6.2-mile out-and-back in The Sheffield Scientific School-Yale University near Silver Falls, CT. The route passes Powers Lake before reaching Darrow Pond at the turnaround, 3.1 miles in. It climbs 591 ft. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Powers Lake & Darrow Pond via Aunt Ruth's Turnpike
6.2 mi · ▲ 591 ft · 2 hr 22 min
Elevation 114–327 ft
Out & Back · The Sheffield Scientific School-Yale University
Trailhead: 41.39557, -72.26203
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 79°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miPass Powers Lake.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Aunt Ruth's Turnpike, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miPass Darrow Pond.
- 150 ftReach Powers Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
- 1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miArrive 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 2.1 mi in (~58 min). Leave by 6:46 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:17 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Powers Lake 3.1 mi · ▲ 253 ft
- Nehantic State Forest Viewpoint 7.2 mi · ▲ 512 ft
- Beech Hill 10.9 mi · ▲ 850 ft
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