Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve
Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve Viewpoint & Clark Pond
3.2 mi · ▲ 432 ft · 1 hr 17 min
Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve Viewpoint & Clark Pond is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve near Sandy Point, CT. The route passes Clark Pond before reaching Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It climbs 432 ft. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve Viewpoint & Clark Pond
3.2 mi · ▲ 432 ft · 1 hr 17 min
Elevation 34–236 ft
Out & Back · Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve
Trailhead: 41.35080, -72.19185
Weather Sep 20: Rain, high 64°F / low 57° · precip 87% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 0.4 miPass Clark Pond.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
- 100 ftReach Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, 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.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Banning Cove 2.5 mi · ▲ 87 ft
- Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve Viewpoint & Clark Pond 2.6 mi · ▲ 310 ft
- Mount Tabor 1.1 mi · ▲ 144 ft
- Green Hill & Clark Pond 3.3 mi · ▲ 517 ft
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