Mortimer Wright Nature Preserve–Palers Cove, 3 lakes
0.9 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 20 min
Mortimer Wright Nature Preserve–Palers Cove, 3 lakes is a 0.9-mile out-and-back in Haley Farm State Park near Noank, CT. The route passes Palers Cove and Gibson Pond before reaching Mortimer Wright Nature Preserve at the turnaround, 0.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mortimer Wright Nature Preserve–Palers Cove, 3 lakes
0.9 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 20 min
Elevation 17–80 ft
Out & Back · Haley Farm State Park
Trailhead: 41.33211, -72.00576
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Palers Cove.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Groton X-Town Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftPass Gibson Pond.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftReach Mortimer Wright Nature Preserve, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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