Nipmuck Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in UConn Forest Fenton Tract near Storrs, CT. It climbs 419 ft. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi279 – 715 ft5.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.81906, -72.25495
Nearest town Storrs, CT
Directions
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Nipmuck Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 419 ft · 1 hr 43 min
Elevation 281–717 ft
Out & Back · UConn Forest Fenton Tract
Trailhead: 41.81906, -72.25495
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Transit-accessible: Lot W stop 262 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 300 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Pumping Station Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Nipmuck Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miReach Nipmuck Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Pumping Station Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
24% dirt76% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 6:52 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Lot W stop 262 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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