Uncas Pond & Norwich Pond via Keeny Road is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Nehantic State Forest near North Lyme, CT. The route passes Norwich Pond and Uncas Pond. It climbs 467 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi52 – 262 ft · steepest grade: 19%5.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.39612, -72.30722
Nearest town North Lyme, CT
Directions
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Uncas Pond & Norwich Pond via Keeny Road
5.2 mi · ▲ 467 ft · 1 hr 58 min
Elevation 52–261 ft
Out & Back · Nehantic State Forest
Trailhead: 41.39612, -72.30722
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Keeny Road, heading S.
- 1 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.3 miPass Norwich Pond.
- 0.4 miReach Uncas Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miPass Uncas Pond.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 300 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 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 surface
21% gravel79% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 6:52 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~56 min). Leave by 5:36 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Moulsons Pond 4.3 mi · ▲ 457 ft
- Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach 4.3 mi · ▲ 396 ft
- Uncas Pond via Keeny Road 2.9 mi · ▲ 287 ft
- Norwich Pond via Keeny Road 2.8 mi · ▲ 257 ft
- Brown Hill–Uncas Pond, 3 summits 5.3 mi · ▲ 494 ft
- Brown Hill Loop via Keeny Road 2.2 mi · ▲ 294 ft
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