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Sleeping Giant State Park

Fergusons Pond

3.9 mi · ▲ 509 ft · 1 hr 33 min

Fergusons Pond is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Sleeping Giant State Park near Mount Carmel, CT. The route reaches Fergusons Pond at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 509 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi115 – 394 ft · steepest grade: 24%4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.42587, -72.87542
Nearest town Mount Carmel, CT
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Fergusons Pond

3.9 mi · ▲ 509 ft · 1 hr 33 min

Elevation 114–394 ft

Out & Back · Sleeping Giant State Park

Trailhead: 41.42587, -72.87542

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:07 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
  3. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
  6. 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
  7. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  11. 400 ftBear left, heading N.
  12. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miReach Fergusons Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  16. 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  17. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  18. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  19. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  20. 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
  21. 250 ftBear left, heading S.
  22. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  23. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  24. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  25. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/fergusons-pond-fergusons-pond-out-back-4-km-f628

Trail surface

57% dirt10% grass33% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:50 AMSunset 8:07 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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