Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve
Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve Viewpoint & Clark Pond
3.7 mi · ▲ 302 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve Viewpoint & Clark Pond is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve near Saunders Point, CT. The route passes Clark Pond before reaching Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 302 ft. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve Viewpoint & Clark Pond
3.7 mi · ▲ 302 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Elevation 54–242 ft
Out & Back · Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve
Trailhead: 41.34526, -72.20514
Weather Sep 20: Rain, high 65°F / low 57° · precip 86% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 1 miPass Clark Pond.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve Viewpoint & Clark Pond 4.3 mi · ▲ 424 ft
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