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Tanager Hill - The Ellsworth Property

Penwood State Park Viewpoint & Lake Louise

2.2 mi · ▲ 496 ft · 59 min

Penwood State Park Viewpoint & Lake Louise is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Tanager Hill - The Ellsworth Property near Simsbury, CT. The route passes Lake Louise before reaching Penwood State Park Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.1 miles in. It climbs 496 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi187 – 686 ft · steepest grade: 24%2.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.86592, -72.79196
Nearest town Simsbury, CT
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Penwood State Park Viewpoint & Lake Louise

2.2 mi · ▲ 496 ft · 59 min

Elevation 186–686 ft

Out & Back · Tanager Hill - The Ellsworth Property

Trailhead: 41.86592, -72.79196

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:54 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 250 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 0.1 miPass Lake Louise.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  7. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 0.3 miReach Penwood State Park Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  12. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  15. 0.4 miSharp left, heading W.
  16. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/penwood-state-park-viewpoint-lake-louise-out-back-4-km

Trail surface

59% dirt40% grass1% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:54 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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