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Hillside Environmental Education Park

Lower Storrs Pumping Station Pond & Water Line Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 340 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Lower Storrs Pumping Station Pond & Water Line Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Hillside Environmental Education Park near Mansfield Four Corners, CT. The route reaches Lower Storrs Pumping Station Pond at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 340 ft. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi423 – 663 ft5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.81126, -72.26669
Nearest town Mansfield Four Corners, CT
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Lower Storrs Pumping Station Pond & Water Line Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 340 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Elevation 422–664 ft

Out & Back · Hillside Environmental Education Park

Trailhead: 41.81126, -72.26669

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

Transit-accessible: Upper F Lot stop 301 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  3. 50 ftSharp right onto Celeron Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SE.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  6. 350 ftSharp right onto Water Line Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
  8. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  9. 1 miReach Lower Storrs Pumping Station Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 1 miTurn right, heading E.
  11. 0.7 miSharp left, heading E.
  12. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  13. 0.4 miSharp right onto Celeron Trail, heading S.
  14. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  15. 150 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  17. 100 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lower-storrs-pumping-station-pond-lower-storrs-pumping-station-pond-out-back-3-lakes-8-km-ebb9

Trail surface

28% paved27% gravel45% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~14 min). Leave by 6:18 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:19 PM — 1 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Upper F Lot stop 301 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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