YMCA Camp Ingersoll

YMCA Camp Ingersoll Beach & Air Line Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 135 ft · 1 hr 38 min

YMCA Camp Ingersoll Beach & Air Line Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in YMCA Camp Ingersoll near Cobalt, CT. The route reaches YMCA Camp Ingersoll Beach. It is mostly level, with 135 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi125 – 282 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: connector 41.56567, -72.55704
Nearest town Cobalt, CT

Directions

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YMCA Camp Ingersoll Beach & Air Line Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 135 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Elevation 124–281 ft

Out & Back · YMCA Camp Ingersoll

Trailhead: connector · 41.56567, -72.55704

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Air Line Trail, heading NW.
  2. 1.9 miPass YMCA Camp Ingersoll Beach.
  3. 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  7. 0.1 miReach YMCA Camp Ingersoll Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  9. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  11. 2.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

82% gravel10% dirt8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~15 min). Leave by 6:18 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:24 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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