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| Hiking | 11.82 Miles |
1,574 AEG |
| | Hiking | 11.82 Miles | 6 Hrs 24 Mns | | 2.01 mph |
| 1,574 ft AEG | 32 Mns Break | 5 LBS Pack | | |
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| no partners | | We headed south on the Mattabesett trail from the parking lot at Millers Pond State Park. To get to the point where the blue-blazed trail enters the park on Foot Hills Road, take the Red Trail, then the Yellow Trail southeast from the parking area, until intersecting the Mattabesett. Make a sharp right turn and follow the blue-blazed trail down to the white-blazed trail and the lake. The park map indicates the blue and white trails are the same for the next half mile, so we missed that actually the blue trail follows the shoreline for a while.
Two-thirds of the way around the lake, the Mattabesett turns south, leaving the park a while, and about a mile from the lake, switchbacks up a cliff, and then arrives at Bear Rock with nice views to the northwest. There is a steep chute off Bear Rock, or you can take the gentle blue-red blazed route around the chute. The chute was full of leaves so we opted for the bypass.
Continuing South, pass Harvey Road where there is parking, and Higganum Road, where there is parking, then enter a long stretch south toward Madison Road (CT-79). We didn’t quite make the road before our hard 3-hour turnaround time, and headed back north. Once again, we stopped for the view at Bear Rock. On arriving at Millers Pond, we enjoyed a sunny lunch on the first levee, and then continued clockwise around the lake back to the parking lot.
Although our GPX track with all the GPS noise recorded 11.8 miles, the smoothed track suggests we hiked 9.9 miles. |
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Autumn Foliage Observation None
All the leaves are on the ground. |
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