Walker Mountain & Bigelow Pond via Park Road
4.8 mi · ▲ 607 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Walker Mountain & Bigelow Pond via Park Road is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Yale-Myers Forest near Mashapaug, CT. The route passes Bigelow Pond before reaching Walker Mountain at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 607 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Walker Mountain & Bigelow Pond via Park Road
4.8 mi · ▲ 607 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Elevation 643–1,070 ft
Out & Back · Yale-Myers Forest
Trailhead: 41.99753, -72.12561
Weather Sep 20: Light rain, high 60°F / low 53° · precip 72% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Bigelow Pond.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Bigelow Brook Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Park Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bigelow Hollow Park Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Lower Breakneck Hill Road, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.6 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.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Bigelow Hollow Park Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Park Road, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right onto Bigelow Brook Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Meyers Pond & Bigelow Pond via Lower Breakneck Hill Road 3.5 mi · ▲ 113 ft
- Mashapaug Pond & Bigelow Pond 2 mi · ▲ 270 ft
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