Walker Mountain & Bigelow Pond via Park Road
5.1 mi · ▲ 634 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Walker Mountain & Bigelow Pond via Park Road is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Yale-Myers Forest near Mashapaug, CT. The route passes Bigelow Pond before reaching Walker Mountain at the turnaround, 2.6 miles in. It climbs 634 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Walker Mountain & Bigelow Pond via Park Road
5.1 mi · ▲ 634 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Elevation 641–1,070 ft
Out & Back · Yale-Myers Forest
Trailhead: 41.99891, -72.12519
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 79°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Bigelow Pond.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Bigelow Brook Road, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Park Road, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bigelow Hollow Park Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Lower Breakneck Hill Road, heading W.
- 200 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach Walker Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Bigelow Hollow Park Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Park Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Bigelow Brook Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Mashapaug Pond & Bigelow Pond 2 mi · ▲ 270 ft
- Bigelow Pond & Mountain Road Loop 2 mi · ▲ 111 ft
- Breakneck Pond–Bigelow Pond Loop, 5 sights 3 mi · ▲ 184 ft
- Meyers Pond & Bigelow Pond via Lower Breakneck Hill Road 3.5 mi · ▲ 113 ft
- Walker Mountain & Bigelow Pond via Park Road 4.8 mi · ▲ 607 ft
- Mashapaug Pond–Bigelow Pond, 4 sights 5.8 mi · ▲ 344 ft
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