Day Pond Brook Falls–Bell Company Pond, 9 sights is a 16-mile out-and-back in Salmon River State Forest near East Hampton, CT. The route passes Bell Company Pond, Artistic Wire Company Pond and Cranberry Bog before reaching Day Pond Brook Falls at the turnaround, 8 miles in. It climbs 1,156 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi121 – 456 ft15.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Air Line Trail 41.57531, -72.50157
Nearest town East Hampton, CT
Directions
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Day Pond Brook Falls–Bell Company Pond, 9 sights
16 mi · ▲ 1,156 ft · 5 hr 55 min
Elevation 122–456 ft
Out & Back · Salmon River State Forest
Trailhead: Air Line Trail · 41.57531, -72.50157
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 78°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 1 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.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Rapallo Viaduct (buried), heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left onto CQT, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Low Road, heading E.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Pines, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Air Line State Park Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1.9 miTurn right onto Day Pond Brook Spur, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach Day Pond Brook Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.9 miTurn left onto Air Line State Park Trail, heading NE.
- 1.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right onto Pines, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Low Road, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto CQT, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Rapallo Viaduct (buried), heading W.
- 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.
Trail surface
72% dirt6% gravel1% boardwalk21% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 78°F62°
Precip0%Wind1 mphUV7Humidity79%
Rained 1.6″ yesterday (3.1″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 5:48 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:06 PM
Wed
80°64°
Thu
91°70°
19%
Fri
94°71°
32%
Sat
92°70°
37%
Sun
94°67°
19%
Mon
94°72°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Bell Company Pond–Cranberry Bog, 5 lakes 4.8 mi · ▲ 219 ft
- Bell Company Pond–Cranberry Bog, 11 sights 9.1 mi · ▲ 619 ft
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