Hillside Environmental Education Park
Hillside Environmental Education Park Viewpoint–Lower Storrs Pumping Station Pond, 3 sights
5.7 mi · ▲ 356 ft · 2 hr 5 min
Hillside Environmental Education Park Viewpoint–Lower Storrs Pumping Station Pond, 3 sights is a 5.7-mile out-and-back in Hillside Environmental Education Park near Eagleville, CT. The route passes Lower Storrs Pumping Station Pond before reaching Hillside Environmental Education Park Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.9 miles in. It climbs 356 ft. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Hillside Environmental Education Park Viewpoint–Lower Storrs Pumping Station Pond, 3 sights
5.7 mi · ▲ 356 ft · 2 hr 5 min
Elevation 412–664 ft
Out & Back · Hillside Environmental Education Park
Trailhead: 41.80332, -72.28078
Weather Sep 20: Rain, high 62°F / low 54° · precip 75% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Lower Storrs Pumping Station Pond.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Water Line Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Celeron Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftReach Hillside Environmental Education Park Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 350 ftSharp right onto Water Line Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~59 min). Leave by 5:32 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:59 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Hillside Environmental Education Park Viewpoint–Lower Storrs Pumping Station Pond, 3 sights 5.9 mi · ▲ 358 ft
- Cascades & Lower Storrs Pumping Station Pond 1.5 mi · ▲ 87 ft
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