What's in a Name? The Pomperaug

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Tiny Falls on The Pomperaug Trail, Oxford Ct

The Pomperaug is one of Connecticut's principal Blue Blazed Trails. It is another of the Zoar area trails, across Lake Zoar from The Zoar trail, and The Paugussett. Its 4 miles traverse through Jackson Cove Recreational Area and Kettletown State Park. The opportunity to loop back on The Crest trail makes an 8 mile round trip through pines and past overlooks with sweeping views of The Housatonic Valley. 

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Cascade along The Pomperaug Trail, Oxford CT

Nalgene bottles sloshing and condensating against The North Face ass. Mountainsmith Monopods kept the tricep busy. Garmin wristwatch keeping space. "Because we all know space!" - Neil Cassidy - or not. Einstein never knew no time on The Pomperaug. Never fitted his Gortex lining around his Cabin socks. Good ole wool. But, you are nothing, and short of a man without the Patagonia knit hat and Columbia breaker. Ray Ban sunglasses - now that's a class act. With a digital Nikon you can capture it all to hold onto forever...Or write a Google blog about it.

What's in a name? Ask Chief Pomeraug. You won't need a backpack full of gear to find him. It's a four mile long driveway - wider than the Gaza Strip, that sliver that's been worth killing over for 2 millennium, but a short hike. Trust me, you won't starve or dehydrate. You'll feel better and lighter if you leave the coat and the hat and the lunch in the trunk.

The Housatonic River, from The Crest Trail, Kettletown State Park

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TRAIL INFORMATION

VIDEO TOUR:

ELEVATION MAP

MILEAGE:
Fiddlehead Road - Jackson Cove = 2.3 Miles
Jackson Cove - Kettletown State Park = 2.3 Miles

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LINKS

OFFICIAL LINKS:
Walk CT
Kettletown State Park
Jackson Cove Park

BLOGS:

CT Museum Quest
Gone Hiking 

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DIRECTIONS

ADDRESS FOR YOUR GPS: 99 Fiddlehead Road, Oxford CT | 41.39449,-73.179541

From Fairfield: 40 minutes
From New Haven: 1/2 hour
From Hartford: 1 hour
From New London: 1.5 hours
From Providence: 2 hours
From New York: 1 hour 45 minutes


View Pomperaug Blue Blazed Trail.kmz in a larger map

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PHOTOS

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MOSS GARDEN ON THE POMPERAUG TRAIL

TINY FALLS ON THE POMPERAUG

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