Sloper's Pond & Alligator Pond
1.9 mi · ▲ 250 ft · 46 min
Sloper's Pond & Alligator Pond is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in YMCA Camp Sloper near Pratts Corner, CT. The route passes Sloper's Pond before reaching Alligator Pond at the turnaround, 1.1 miles in. It climbs 250 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Sloper's Pond & Alligator Pond
1.9 mi · ▲ 250 ft · 46 min
Elevation 196–449 ft
Out & Back · YMCA Camp Sloper
Trailhead: 41.58152, -72.83824
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
- 450 ftPass Sloper's Pond.
- 250 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miPass Alligator Pond.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 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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The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:46 PM for the 8:07 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:23 PM — 15 min before dark.
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