Viney Hill Brook Park

Wollock's Pond & Quarry Pond

2 mi · ▲ 209 ft · 46 min

Wollock's Pond & Quarry Pond is a 2-mile out-and-back in Viney Hill Brook Park near Centerbrook, CT. The route passes Quarry Pond and Wollock's Pond. It is mostly level, with 209 ft of elevation gain. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi16 – 194 ft2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.33033, -72.40270
Nearest town Centerbrook, CT

Directions

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Wollock's Pond & Quarry Pond

2 mi · ▲ 209 ft · 46 min

Elevation 18–194 ft

Out & Back · Viney Hill Brook Park

Trailhead: 41.33033, -72.40270

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.5 miPass Quarry Pond.
  3. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miPass Wollock's Pond.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  6. 0.3 miReach Wollock's Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  8. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  9. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:31 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:52 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:20 PM.

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