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Cowles Park

Marsh Pond via power cut road

2.8 mi · ▲ 598 ft · 1 hr 14 min

Marsh Pond via power cut road is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Cowles Park near Spoonville, CT. The route reaches Marsh Pond at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It climbs 598 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi167 – 420 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.90308, -72.74714
Nearest town Spoonville, CT
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Marsh Pond via power cut road

2.8 mi · ▲ 598 ft · 1 hr 14 min

Elevation 169–419 ft

Out & Back · Cowles Park

Trailhead: 41.90308, -72.74714

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:07 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
  4. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto power cut road, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  9. 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
  10. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  11. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  12. 200 ftBear left, heading N.
  13. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  14. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  16. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  17. 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
  18. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftReach Marsh Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  21. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  22. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  24. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  25. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  26. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  27. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  28. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  29. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  30. 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
  31. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  32. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  33. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  34. 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  35. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  36. 50 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/marsh-pond-marsh-pond-out-back-3-lakes-5-km-0696

Trail surface

66% dirt34% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:07 PM

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