Connecticut trails · Pachaug Trail
Pachaug Trail
A 8.2-mile out-and-back in Connecticut, with 332 ft of climbing. Reaches Great Meadow Brook Pond and other lake destinations. Managed by the state.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 496 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Great Meadow Brook Pond (lake)
- Wiclcabouet Marsh (lake)
- Porter Pond (lake)
- Dawley Pond (lake)
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Getting there
Unnamed trail access. 41.64743, -71.83905 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 5:43 a.m., the sun rises at 6:11 a.m. and sets at 7:22 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:51 p.m. (EDT) — 13 h 11 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 16.4-mile round trip takes roughly 6 h 25 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 12:37 p.m. — 6 h 45 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Pachaug Trail + Pachaug/tippecansett Connector + Unnamed trail — 1.6 mi loop, 127 ft gain
- Unnamed trail + Pachaug Forest Trail + Pachaug Trail — 5.1 mi loop, 565 ft gain
- Pachaug/nehantic Connector + Pachaug Trail + Pachaug Forest Trail — 4.1 mi loop, 456 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Old Furnace Trail — 8.6 mi
- Hop River Trail — 21.9 mi
- Vista Trail — 28.3 mi