Hop River State Park Trail at Bailey Road, Bolton CT.jpg
John Phelan · CC BY 4.0

Johnson Pond & Old Bailey Trail via Hop River State Park Trail is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Hop River State Park Trail near Bolton, CT. The route reaches Johnson Pond at the turnaround, 2.6 miles in. It climbs 291 ft. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi443 – 659 ft5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.76409, -72.42100
Nearest town Bolton, CT

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Johnson Pond & Old Bailey Trail via Hop River State Park Trail

5.2 mi · ▲ 291 ft · 1 hr 53 min

Elevation 442–661 ft

Out & Back · Hop River State Park Trail

Trailhead: 41.76409, -72.42100

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miSharp right onto Old Bailey Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miSharp left onto Hop River State Park Trail, heading SE.
  7. 1.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  8. 0.3 miReach Johnson Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 1.7 miSharp right, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right onto Old Bailey Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
  12. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  14. 0.2 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

54% gravel20% dirt26% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Other ways to reach this destination

More from this trailhead