AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Short Beach Preserve

Talmage Pond

2 mi · ▲ 34 ft · 41 min

Talmage Pond is a 2-mile out-and-back in Short Beach Preserve near Double Beach, CT. The route reaches Talmage Pond. It is mostly level, with 34 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi16 – 72 ft2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.26595, -72.83098
Nearest town Double Beach, CT
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Talmage Pond

2 mi · ▲ 34 ft · 41 min

Elevation 16–71 ft

Out & Back · Short Beach Preserve

Trailhead: 41.26595, -72.83098

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:54 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.4 miSharp right, heading N.
  3. 50 ftPass Talmage Pond.
  4. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  5. 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
  6. 0.3 miReach Talmage Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 450 ftBear left, heading SE.
  8. 150 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  11. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  12. 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/talmage-pond-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:54 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:34 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:54 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:21 PM.

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