Upper Emery Pond & Emery Pond
6.7 mi · ▲ 382 ft · 2 hr 25 min
Upper Emery Pond & Emery Pond is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Hoadley Creek near Hoadley Neck, CT. The route passes Upper Emery Pond before reaching Emery Pond at the turnaround, 3.4 miles in. It climbs 382 ft. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Upper Emery Pond & Emery Pond
6.7 mi · ▲ 382 ft · 2 hr 25 min
Elevation 10–128 ft
Out & Back · Hoadley Creek
Trailhead: 41.29220, -72.72809
Weather Sep 20: Rain, high 65°F / low 60° · precip 80% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading W.
- 450 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 400 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miPass Upper Emery Pond.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miPass Emery Pond.
- 150 ftReach Upper Emery Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.5 mi in (~64 min). Leave by 5:29 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:13 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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