Kelseys Pond–Mulford Road, 4 sights
8.3 mi · ▲ 1,071 ft · 3 hr 18 min
Kelseys Pond–Mulford Road, 4 sights is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Meshomasic State Forest near Lake Pocotopaug, CT. The route reaches Kelseys Pond at the turnaround, 4.1 miles in. It climbs 1,071 ft. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Kelseys Pond–Mulford Road, 4 sights
8.3 mi · ▲ 1,071 ft · 3 hr 18 min
Elevation 282–808 ft
Out & Back · Meshomasic State Forest
Trailhead: Del Reeves Road · 41.64449, -72.52522
Weather Aug 4: Heavy showers, high 77°F / low 68° · precip 99% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Portland Reservoir Road, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Reservoir Road, heading SW.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Mulford Road, heading SW.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Cox Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 450 ftReach Kelseys Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Mulford Road, heading W.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Reservoir Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Portland Reservoir Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Meshomasic Mountain–Del Reeves Marsh Loop, 3 summits 4.2 mi · ▲ 458 ft
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