Lynch Pond & Hams Pond is a 6.2-mile out-and-back in Airline State Park Trail (Northern Section) near Conantville, CT. The route passes Hams Pond and Lynch Pond. It is mostly level, with 165 ft of elevation gain. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi246 – 371 ft6.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.73038, -72.17626
Nearest town Conantville, CT
Directions
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Lynch Pond & Hams Pond
6.2 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 2 hr 9 min
Elevation 246–370 ft
Out & Back · Airline State Park Trail (Northern Section)
Trailhead: 41.73038, -72.17626
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 1.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Hams Pond.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 1.3 miPass Lynch Pond.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miReach Lynch Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 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
47% gravel46% dirt7% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 6:51 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.7 mi in (~69 min). Leave by 5:22 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:13 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Bike Path (To Airline Trail) & Veteran's Memorial Greenway (Airline Trail) 5.5 mi · ▲ 266 ft
- Hams Pond 3.1 mi · ▲ 82 ft
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