Uncas Pond & Keeny Road is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Nehantic State Forest near Sterling City, CT. The route reaches Uncas Pond. It climbs 366 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 74/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi49 – 262 ft · steepest grade: 18%5.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.37287, -72.32235
Nearest town Sterling City, CT
Directions
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Uncas Pond & Keeny Road
5.3 mi · ▲ 366 ft · 1 hr 57 min
Elevation 48–261 ft
Out & Back · Nehantic State Forest
Trailhead: 41.37287, -72.32235
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Uncas Pond.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Keeny Road, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 300 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 1.2 miReach Uncas Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.8 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 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 surface
62% gravel38% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 6:52 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~22 min). Leave by 6:10 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:28 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Uncas Pond & Norwich Pond via Keeny Road 3.3 mi · ▲ 210 ft
- Brown Hill–Nickerson Hill, 5 summits 8.2 mi · ▲ 932 ft
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