Mountain Laurel Way
1.9 mi · ▲ 84 ft · 41 min
Mountain Laurel Way is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Bates Woods Park near Morningside Park, CT. It is mostly level, with 84 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mountain Laurel Way
1.9 mi · ▲ 84 ft · 41 min
Elevation 48–104 ft
Out & Back · Bates Woods Park
Trailhead: Jack in the Pulpit Trail · 41.35610, -72.12623
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
- Start on Jack in the Pulpit Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Bunny Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Kale Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Big Loop, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Popsicle Peak Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miReach Mountain Laurel Way, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Big Loop, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Kale Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Bunny Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left onto Jack in the Pulpit Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:44 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:04 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:34 PM.
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