Ensign Bickford Pond–Stratton Brook State Park Beach, 3 beaches is a 3-mile out-and-back in Stratton Brook State Park near Simsbury, CT. The route passes Ensign Bickford Pond and Stratton Brook State Park Beach. It is mostly level, with 84 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi194 – 295 ft3.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Farmington River Trail 41.87052, -72.80580
Nearest town Simsbury, CT
Directions
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Ensign Bickford Pond–Stratton Brook State Park Beach, 3 beaches
3 mi · ▲ 84 ft · 1 hr 3 min
Elevation 193–296 ft
Out & Back · Stratton Brook State Park
Trailhead: Farmington River Trail · 41.87052, -72.80580
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:08 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Farmington River Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miPass Ensign Bickford Pond.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.4 miPass Stratton Brook State Park Beach.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 500 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftReach Ensign Bickford Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 500 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.6 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
44% paved33% dirt23% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:08 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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