Platner Pond & Sullivan Drive
3.9 mi · ▲ 200 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Platner Pond & Sullivan Drive is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in East River Preserve near Podunk, CT. The route reaches Platner Pond. It is mostly level, with 200 ft of elevation gain. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Platner Pond & Sullivan Drive
3.9 mi · ▲ 200 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Elevation 7–150 ft
Out & Back · East River Preserve
Trailhead: 41.30205, -72.65483
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 81°F / low 64° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:06 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftPass Platner Pond.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Sullivan Drive, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 1 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.6 miArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~51 min). Leave by 6:55 PM for the 8:06 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:09 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Platner Pond 2.5 mi · ▲ 139 ft
- Purple Rectangle 4.7 mi · ▲ 283 ft
- New England Trail & Purple Rectangle 6.7 mi · ▲ 221 ft
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