Sloper's Pond & Alligator Pond
2.1 mi · ▲ 434 ft · 55 min
Sloper's Pond & Alligator Pond is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in YMCA Camp Sloper near Pratts Corner, CT. The route passes Sloper's Pond and Alligator Pond. It climbs 434 ft, with sections as steep as 37% grade. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi190 – 509 ft · steepest grade: 37%2.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.59193, -72.82599
Nearest town Pratts Corner, CT
Directions
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Sloper's Pond & Alligator Pond
2.1 mi · ▲ 434 ft · 55 min
Elevation 191–510 ft
Out & Back · YMCA Camp Sloper
Trailhead: 41.59193, -72.82599
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 150 ftPass Sloper's Pond.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Alligator Pond.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Sloper's Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 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.
Trail surface
16% gravel84% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:07 PM
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