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Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center

Pequotsepos Brook Preserve–Penguins, 6 sights

4 mi · ▲ 147 ft · 1 hr 24 min

Pequotsepos Brook Preserve–Penguins, 6 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back in Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center near Mystic Seaport, CT. The route passes Olde Mistick Village Pond, Penguins and Pequotsepos Brook Preserve. It is mostly level, with 147 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7 – 79 ft4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Stone Bridges Trail 41.37177, -71.95066
Nearest town Mystic Seaport, CT
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Pequotsepos Brook Preserve–Penguins, 6 sights

4 mi · ▲ 147 ft · 1 hr 24 min

Elevation 6–80 ft

Out & Back · Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center

Trailhead: Stone Bridges Trail · 41.37177, -71.95066

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:47 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Stone Bridges Trail, heading E.
  2. 50 ftPass Olde Mistick Village Pond.
  3. 50 ftPass Penguins.
  4. 0.3 miPass Pequotsepos Brook Preserve.
  5. 0.6 miTurn left onto Forest Loop Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.9 miTurn left onto Ledge Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.2 miReach Pequotsepos Brook Preserve, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 1 miBear right onto Forest Loop Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.7 miTurn right onto Stone Bridges Trail, heading NW.
  10. 0.2 miArrive 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/pequotsepos-brook-preserve-penguins-out-back-7-sights

Trail surface

96% dirt4% boardwalk

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:47 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Mystic Seaport, Connecticut