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Day Pond State Park Beach–Air Line State Park Trail, 4 sights is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Salmon River State Forest near North Westchester, CT. The route reaches Day Pond State Park Beach at the turnaround, 3.9 miles in. It climbs 543 ft. It scores 45/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi138 – 410 ft8.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Air Line State Park Trail 41.58992, -72.39518
Nearest town North Westchester, CT · Official trailhead info (portal.ct.gov)

Directions

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Day Pond State Park Beach–Air Line State Park Trail, 4 sights

8.3 mi · ▲ 543 ft · 3 hr 2 min

Elevation 137–410 ft

Out & Back · Salmon River State Forest

Trailhead: Air Line State Park Trail · 41.58992, -72.39518

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:05 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Air Line State Park Trail, heading SW.
  2. 1.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 1.7 miBear left onto Day Pond Road, heading S.
  4. 0.8 miPass Day Pond State Park Beach.
  5. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miSharp left onto North Loop (SRT), heading NE.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  8. 300 ftReach Day Pond State Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 350 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right onto Day Pond Road, heading SW.
  11. 0.8 miBear right, heading NW.
  12. 1.7 miTurn right onto Air Line State Park Trail, heading E.
  13. 1.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

40% dirt20% gravel40% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:05 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.7 mi in (~101 min). Leave by 6:04 PM for the 8:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:58 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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