Marion K Wilcox Park Viewpoint & Lake Louise is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Penwood State Park near North Bloomfield, CT. The route passes Marion K Wilcox Park Viewpoint before reaching Lake Louise at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 630 ft. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi240 – 597 ft5.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.89023, -72.76242
Nearest town North Bloomfield, CT
Directions
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Marion K Wilcox Park Viewpoint & Lake Louise
4.5 mi · ▲ 630 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Elevation 239–597 ft
Out & Back · Penwood State Park
Trailhead: 41.89023, -72.76242
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 300 ftPass Marion K Wilcox Park Viewpoint.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 1 miPass Lake Louise.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 100 ftReach Marion K Wilcox Park Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
26% dirt6% paved68% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:07 PM
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More from this trailhead
- Bloomfield to Tariffville Multi-Use Viewpoint 2.1 mi · ▲ 225 ft
- Marion K Wilcox Park Viewpoint–Penwood Pond, 3 lakes 7.8 mi · ▲ 1,271 ft
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