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Hillside Environmental Education Park

Hillside Environmental Education Park Viewpoint–Lower Storrs Pumping Station Pond, 3 sights

5.5 mi · ▲ 370 ft · 2 hr 1 min

Hillside Environmental Education Park Viewpoint–Lower Storrs Pumping Station Pond, 3 sights is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Hillside Environmental Education Park near Mansfield Four Corners, CT. The route passes Hillside Environmental Education Park Viewpoint before reaching Lower Storrs Pumping Station Pond at the turnaround, 2.7 miles in. It climbs 370 ft. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi417 – 663 ft5.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.81459, -72.26821
Nearest town Mansfield Four Corners, CT
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Hillside Environmental Education Park Viewpoint–Lower Storrs Pumping Station Pond, 3 sights

5.5 mi · ▲ 370 ft · 2 hr 1 min

Elevation 418–664 ft

Out & Back · Hillside Environmental Education Park

Trailhead: 41.81459, -72.26821

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

Transit-accessible: Innovative Partnership Building stop 471 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftPass Hillside Environmental Education Park Viewpoint.
  3. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Celeron Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SE.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  6. 350 ftSharp right onto Water Line Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
  8. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  9. 0.9 miPass Lower Storrs Pumping Station Pond.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  11. 50 ftReach Hillside Environmental Education Park Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  13. 1 miTurn right, heading E.
  14. 0.7 miSharp left, heading E.
  15. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  16. 0.4 miSharp right onto Celeron Trail, heading S.
  17. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  18. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/hillside-environmental-education-park-viewpoint-lower-storrs-pumping-station-pond-out-back-4-lakes-9-km-9e24

Trail surface

25% paved24% gravel51% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~20 min). Leave by 6:12 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:25 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Innovative Partnership Building stop 471 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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