State Park Pond–Mulford Road, 3 sights
6.8 mi · ▲ 966 ft · 2 hr 45 min
State Park Pond–Mulford Road, 3 sights is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Meshomasic State Forest near Lake Pocotopaug, CT. The route reaches State Park Pond at the turnaround, 3.4 miles in. It climbs 966 ft. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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State Park Pond–Mulford Road, 3 sights
6.8 mi · ▲ 966 ft · 2 hr 45 min
Elevation 330–806 ft
Out & Back · Meshomasic State Forest
Trailhead: Mulford Road · 41.61968, -72.55264
Weather Aug 4: Heavy showers, high 76°F / low 69° · precip 99% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Mulford Road, heading S.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Woodchoppers Road, heading SW.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Shenipsit Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.4 miReach State Park Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Woodchoppers Road, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Mulford Road, heading NW.
- 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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