Lower Pond & Stanley Quarter Pond
2.3 mi · ▲ 305 ft · 55 min
Lower Pond & Stanley Quarter Pond is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in A.W. Stanley Park near East Farmington Heights, CT. The route passes Lower Pond before reaching Stanley Quarter Pond at the turnaround, 0.9 miles in. It climbs 305 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi154 – 341 ft3.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.70735, -72.77290
Nearest town East Farmington Heights, CT
Directions
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Lower Pond & Stanley Quarter Pond
2.3 mi · ▲ 305 ft · 55 min
Elevation 153–342 ft
Out & Back · A.W. Stanley Park
Trailhead: 41.70735, -72.77290
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Lower Pond.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading S.
- 100 ftBear left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Stanley Quarter Pond.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miReach Lower Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
55% dirt27% paved18% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:07 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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