Upper Emery Pond & Emery Pond
5.2 mi · ▲ 440 ft · 1 hr 57 min
Upper Emery Pond & Emery Pond is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Hoadley Creek near Stony Creek, CT. The route passes Upper Emery Pond before reaching Emery Pond at the turnaround, 2.6 miles in. It climbs 440 ft. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Upper Emery Pond & Emery Pond
5.2 mi · ▲ 440 ft · 1 hr 57 min
Elevation 10–142 ft
Out & Back · Hoadley Creek
Trailhead: 41.29106, -72.75163
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 80°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:06 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miPass Upper Emery Pond.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miPass Emery Pond.
- 250 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 NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~45 min). Leave by 7:01 PM for the 8:06 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:06 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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