Marion K Wilcox Park Viewpoint & Lucy Brook Pond
5.3 mi · ▲ 735 ft · 2 hr 8 min
Marion K Wilcox Park Viewpoint & Lucy Brook Pond is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Penwood State Park near North Bloomfield, CT. The route passes Marion K Wilcox Park Viewpoint before reaching Lucy Brook Pond at the turnaround, 2.6 miles in. It climbs 735 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Marion K Wilcox Park Viewpoint & Lucy Brook Pond
5.3 mi · ▲ 735 ft · 2 hr 8 min
Elevation 186–527 ft
Out & Back · Penwood State Park
Trailhead: 41.89179, -72.75962
Weather Sep 20: Rain, high 62°F / low 56° · precip 65% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:54 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 300 ftPass Marion K Wilcox Park Viewpoint.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Lucy Brook Pond.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 300 ftReach Marion K Wilcox Park Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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