Town Pool & Town Forest Beach
5.1 mi · ▲ 630 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Town Pool & Town Forest Beach is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Onion Mountain near Tootin' Hills, CT. The route passes Town Forest Beach and Town Pool before reaching Town Forest Beach at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 630 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi253 – 663 ft · steepest grade: 22%5.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.86980, -72.87352
Nearest town Tootin' Hills, CT
Directions
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Town Pool & Town Forest Beach
5.1 mi · ▲ 630 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Elevation 252–664 ft
Out & Back · Onion Mountain
Trailhead: 41.86980, -72.87352
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:08 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SE.
- 1.3 miPass Town Forest Beach.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miPass Town Pool.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftPass Town Forest Beach.
- 250 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miReach Town Pool, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 1.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear 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
68% dirt32% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:08 PM
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