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Salmon Brook Park

Stony Hill & Salmon Brook Park Beach

3.1 mi · ▲ 253 ft · 1 hr 10 min

Stony Hill & Salmon Brook Park Beach is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Salmon Brook Park near The Gables, CT. The route passes Salmon Brook Park Beach and Salmon Brook Park Beach before reaching Stony Hill at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It climbs 253 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi180 – 377 ft3.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.94716, -72.79734
Nearest town The Gables, CT
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Stony Hill & Salmon Brook Park Beach

3.1 mi · ▲ 253 ft · 1 hr 10 min

Elevation 180–379 ft

Out & Back · Salmon Brook Park

Trailhead: 41.94716, -72.79734

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftPass Salmon Brook Park Beach.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 300 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  8. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  9. 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
  10. 450 ftBear right, heading S.
  11. 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  13. 50 ftPass Salmon Brook Park Beach.
  14. 250 ftBear right, heading E.
  15. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  16. 0.7 miReach Stony Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
  18. 450 ftBear left, heading SE.
  19. 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  20. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  21. 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
  22. 450 ftBear right, heading E.
  23. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  24. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  25. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  26. 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
  27. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
  28. 300 ftTurn left, heading N.
  29. 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/stony-hill-salmon-brook-park-beach-out-back-3-beaches-5-km-e8a5

Trail surface

8% grass1% gravel91% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:08 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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