Pine Acres Lake & Cedar Swamp Road via Duffy Road is a 15.1-mile out-and-back in Airline State Park Trail (Northern Section) near Abington, CT. The route reaches Pine Acres Lake. It climbs 472 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 32/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi571 – 719 ft · steepest grade: 17%15.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Duffy Road 41.84989, -72.00691
Nearest town Abington, CT
Directions
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Pine Acres Lake & Cedar Swamp Road via Duffy Road
15.1 mi · ▲ 472 ft · 5 hr 16 min
Elevation 572–717 ft
Out & Back · Airline State Park Trail (Northern Section)
Trailhead: Duffy Road · 41.84989, -72.00691
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 78°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Duffy Road, heading S.
- 1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 5 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 500 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miPass Pine Acres Lake.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Cedar Swamp Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Pine Acres Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 500 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 5 miTurn left onto Duffy Road, heading E.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
34% dirt32% gravel34% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 78°F62°
Precip0%Wind6 mphUV8Humidity80%
Rained 1.8″ yesterday (3.4″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 5:46 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:04 PM
Wed
78°63°
Thu
86°68°
30%
Fri
93°70°
30%
Sat
90°69°
41%
Sun
91°69°
16%
Mon
92°71°
18%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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