Sloper's Pond & Alligator Pond
4 mi · ▲ 538 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Sloper's Pond & Alligator Pond is a 4-mile out-and-back in YMCA Camp Sloper near Pratts Corner, CT. The route passes Sloper's Pond and Alligator Pond. It climbs 538 ft, with sections as steep as 40% grade. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi197 – 509 ft · steepest grade: 40%4.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.58035, -72.81990
Nearest town Pratts Corner, CT
Directions
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Sloper's Pond & Alligator Pond
4 mi · ▲ 538 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Elevation 196–510 ft
Out & Back · YMCA Camp Sloper
Trailhead: 41.58035, -72.81990
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 100 ftPass Sloper's Pond.
- 450 ftPass Alligator Pond.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Sloper's Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear 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
21% gravel79% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:07 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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