Lower Storrs Pumping Station Pond & Swamp Brook Pond
4.2 mi · ▲ 164 ft · 1 hr 29 min
Lower Storrs Pumping Station Pond & Swamp Brook Pond is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Shelter Falls Park near Mansfield Four Corners, CT. The route passes Swamp Brook Pond before reaching Lower Storrs Pumping Station Pond at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 164 ft of elevation gain. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lower Storrs Pumping Station Pond & Swamp Brook Pond
4.2 mi · ▲ 164 ft · 1 hr 29 min
Elevation 422–626 ft
Out & Back · Shelter Falls Park
Trailhead: 41.82686, -72.26783
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Transit-accessible: Four Corners stop 119 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miPass Swamp Brook Pond.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1 miReach Lower Storrs Pumping Station Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 6:24 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:14 PM — 6 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Four Corners stop 119 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Lower Storrs Pumping Station Pond & Swamp Brook Pond 5.3 mi · ▲ 331 ft
- Celeron Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 109 ft
- Hillside Environmental Education Park Viewpoint via Celeron Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 164 ft
- Swamp Brook Pond & Water Line Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 138 ft
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