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Ragged Mountain Memorial Preserve

Intermittent Cascade & Mason Pond

5.1 mi · ▲ 425 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Intermittent Cascade & Mason Pond is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Ragged Mountain Memorial Preserve near Mount Pleasant Housing, CT. The route passes Intermittent Cascade before reaching Mason Pond at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 425 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi187 – 469 ft · steepest grade: 23%5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.63943, -72.81691
Nearest town Mount Pleasant Housing, CT
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Intermittent Cascade & Mason Pond

5.1 mi · ▲ 425 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Elevation 186–468 ft

Out & Back · Ragged Mountain Memorial Preserve

Trailhead: 41.63943, -72.81691

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:07 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miPass Intermittent Cascade.
  4. 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  8. 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
  9. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  10. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  11. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  13. 450 ftPass Mason Pond.
  14. 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  16. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  17. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftReach Intermittent Cascade, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  20. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  21. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  22. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  25. 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
  26. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  27. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  28. 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
  29. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  30. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  31. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  32. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
  33. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/intermittent-cascade-mason-pond-out-back-3-lakes-8-km

Trail surface

2% paved98% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:07 PM

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