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Dudley Pond & Douglas State Forest Beach via Southern New England Trunkline Trail is a 6.3-mile out-and-back in Douglas State Forest near East Thompson, CT. The route passes Douglas State Forest Beach before reaching Dudley Pond at the turnaround, 3.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 84 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi558 – 656 ft6.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.02273, -71.77045
Nearest town East Thompson, CT

Directions

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Dudley Pond & Douglas State Forest Beach via Southern New England Trunkline Trail

6.3 mi · ▲ 84 ft · 2 hr 9 min

Elevation 558–656 ft

Out & Back · Douglas State Forest

Trailhead: 42.02273, -71.77045

Weather Aug 4: Rain, high 75°F / low 66° · precip 87% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 5:43 AM · sunset 8:05 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftPass Douglas State Forest Beach.
  3. 0.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
  4. 0.3 miSharp right onto Southern New England Trunkline Trail, heading NE.
  5. 2.2 miTurn left onto Smith Lane, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miBear left onto Morse Avenue, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftBear right onto Smith Lane, heading NE.
  8. 350 ftReach Dudley Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 300 ftBear left onto Morse Avenue, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftBear right onto Smith Lane, heading NE.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right onto Southern New England Trunkline Trail, heading S.
  12. 2.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
  13. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
  14. 0.4 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

100% dirt

Weather

RainTemperature 75°F66°
Precip87%Wind11 mphUV3Humidity74%
Rained 1.7″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
80°65° 12 AM: 1% rain1 AM: 1% rain2 AM: 12% rain3 AM: 19% rain4 AM: 62% rain5 AM: 72% rain6 AM: 65% rain7 AM: 62% rain8 AM: 71% rain9 AM: 85% rain10 AM: 84% rain11 AM: 80% rain12 PM: 87% rain1 PM: 71% rain2 PM: 83% rain3 PM: 54% rain4 PM: 41% rain5 PM: 45% rain6 PM: 55% rain7 PM: 40% rain8 PM: 7% rain
Sunrise 5:43 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:05 PM
Tue 80°63°
Wed 85°62°
Thu 87°68° 35%
Fri 93°71° 34%
Sat 92°69° 42%
Sun 93°71°

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