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.
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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 Aug 4: Overcast, high 79°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Stone Bridges Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Olde Mistick Village Pond.
- 50 ftPass Penguins.
- 0.3 miPass Pequotsepos Brook Preserve.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Forest Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Ledge Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miReach Pequotsepos Brook Preserve, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miBear right onto Forest Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Stone Bridges Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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