ABOUT THE PARK:
Millers Pond State Park - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
Mettabasset Trail - Connecticut Forest & Park Assn. Blue-Blazed Hiking Trail System
DIRECTIONS:
GPS Coordinates 41.480454, -72.629223
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TRAIL MAP:
Millers Pond State Park Trail Map - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
HIKE DISTANCE: 10 miles - shorter or longer loops possible
THE HIKE:
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| This hike starts on the red-blazed trail at the right side of the parking lot. This is an 8+ mile multi-use loop trail around the park with a lot of mountain bike ramps and several stream crossings |
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| This was not an issue on a Sunday but something to keep in mind. This sign was along the northwestern section of the red-blazed trail. |
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| Millers Pond comes into view shortly before turning on the blue-blazed Mattabasset Trail. |
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| The blue-blazed Messabasset Trail has some steep sections with rock scrambles. |
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| Just before Bear Rock overlook, a sign for the Bear Rock Bypass Trail. |
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| View from Bear Rock on the Mattabasset Trail. |
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| As an alternative to finishing the loop on the red-blazed trail, other trails lead to Millers Pond for a change of scenery. |
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| Millers Pond |
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| The white-blazed trail, joined with the blue-blazed Mattabasset Trail before it veers off, follows around Millers Pond. |
HIKE SUMMARY:
[ 0.00] Start on red trail right side of parking lot
[ 0.50] Straight on red when red/white goes left
[ 0.80] Straight on red when red/white goes left; left on unmarked briefly
[ 0.90] Red picks back up to the right
[ 4.60] Right on the blue Messabasset Trail when red goes straight
[ 5.20] Cross over woods road
[ 5.70] Bear Rock overlook uphill just after bypass trail on the left; retrace
[ 6.20] Cross over woods road
[ 6.80] Right on red when blue goes straight
for 7.75 mile hike keep straight on blue to right on blue/white to white
[ 8.60] Left on red/white when red goes straight
[ 9.40] Right on blue/white at Millers Pond
[ 9.80] Keep straight on white when blue leaves to the right
[10.00] Back at parking lot
