Governor's Island–Pine Acres Lake Loop, 3 lakes is a 5.2-mile loop in James L. Goodwin State Forest near Rawson, CT. The route passes Black Spruce Pond, Black Spruce Pond, Pine Acres Lake and Governor's Island. It is mostly level, with 188 ft of elevation gain. It scores 46/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi561 – 742 ft5.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Middle Road 41.80139, -72.09330
Nearest town Rawson, CT
Directions
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Governor's Island–Pine Acres Lake Loop, 3 lakes
5.2 mi · ▲ 188 ft · 1 hr 50 min
Elevation 563–740 ft
Loop · James L. Goodwin State Forest
Trailhead: Middle Road · 41.80139, -72.09330
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 78°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Black Spruce Pond.
- 0.3 miPass Black Spruce Pond.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miPass Pine Acres Lake.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Air Line State Park Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 1.2 miPass Governor's Island.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
18% dirt6% gravel1% paved75% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 78°F62°
Precip0%Wind7 mphUV8Humidity82%
Rained 1.2″ yesterday (3.1″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 5:46 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:05 PM
Wed
78°63°
Thu
91°69°
31%
Fri
93°70°
31%
Sat
92°68°
41%
Sun
93°66°
17%
Mon
93°70°
18%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Middle Road Trailhead
- Governor's Island–Pine Acres Lake, 3 lakes 2.7 mi · ▲ 171 ft
- Black Spruce Pond & Edwin Way Teale Pond 4.5 mi · ▲ 202 ft
- Pine Acres Lake–Black Spruce Pond, 3 lakes 4.9 mi · ▲ 256 ft
- Pine Acres Lake–Black Spruce Pond, 3 lakes 5.3 mi · ▲ 280 ft
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