10 K Map, Elevation and Course Description
“Run to Governors Island and Back:” This ~5.8-mile course utilizes the Yellow blazed trail around Brown Hill Marsh, and sections of the Red, Red/White, White, Blue/White and Yellow/Red blazed trails. Runners can expect relatively smooth forest roads in addition to some single track with an abundance of rocks and roots; rolling terrain. One aid station is located at Governors Island, 3.4 miles. Water is available at the Grand Junction. The course is a combination of forest roads with short sections of single track over generally rolling terrain and will be well-marked with signs, surveyor tape and flags.
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10 K Course Details:
Run to Governors Island & Back
This 5.82-mile (9.37 km) course is completely contained within the James L. Goodwin CT State Forest and the town of Hampton’s Maurice and Rita Edwards Preserve. These areas are adjacent to each other sharing a common boarder on two sides and are both fully contained within the Town of Hampton.
The start line is near the boat launch ramp for Pine Acres Pond (PAP) located east of 23 Potter Road. From the start line the outbound route goes uphill on the “paved” ramp-access road for a short distance and turns left to follow the Brown Hill Marsh Trail (BHM) marked with yellow blazes. This dirt road double track trail goes around the southern end of (PAP), across a bridge over the pond-outlet brook and heads north to the Grand Junction (GJ) of Trails at 0.75 miles from the start.
The course turns right (east) at the GJ still following yellow trail blazes to enter the BHM loop where it continues directly east switching to a single track just prior to traversing the earthen dike of the marsh. It heads north at the end of the dike (at 1.6 miles) following the eastern edge of the marsh to join with Cedar Swamp Road (CS Rd) at 1.77 miles. Following a very short section heading west on “paved” road, the course re-enters the woods on a single track heading southwest still following yellow blazes. It crosses a double track trail (the YW Connector), goes over a double-plank-width boardwalk, passes a vernal pool formed by a stonewall/earthen-dike dam and crosses a brook to reach the loop closure trail junction where it goes west on a double track for a short distance to return to the GJ at 2.41 miles.
The course heads north from the GJ on double track sections of red and red/white blazed trails and crosses CS Rd at 2.84 miles where it continues northeastward following the single track White Blazed Trail through the Edwards Preserve. (This is the only section of the course that is outside of Goodwin State Forest.) It leaves the Preserve heading downhill to the west on a double track red blazed trail, crosses the intersection with the PAP Trail (B/W), passes an Aid Station (#1) and crosses the causeway to Governors Island. (Use extreme caution for two-way traffic on the causeway.) At 3.93 miles the course does a 180-deg roundabout at the last large pine tree in front of the wildlife observation platform to initiate the return route which heads east back across the causeway to pass the Aid Station for a second time.
Just east of the Aid Station the course makes a right angle turn to go south on the single track PAP Trail following blue/white blazes (30k runners will go north). It immediately crosses a small brook and after a short distance crosses three small boardwalk sections and another brook on large stepping rocks. It follows the eastern shoreline of the pond south to reach the forest road extension of CS Rd at 4.4 miles. Here the course turns left (east) onto a “flagged” section of double track going uphill to an intersection with a red/white blazed trail. It turns south onto the double track R/W Loop Trail returning to the GJ for the third time at 5.0 miles from the start.
The course heads southwest from the GJ on the yellow/red blazed single track Tamarack Trail to a 90-deg corner where the Tamarack goes left but the course goes right (west toward the pond) on a very short “flagged” connector trail. This takes the course onto the blue/white blazed PAP Trail where it continues south on a single track following the shoreline of the pond while passing through an open forest harvest area and across an earthen dike with a couple of bridges over the pond water outlets. It switches to a double track at the end of the dike and goes around the southern end of PAP continuing north to the finish line at the pavilion 5.82 miles from the start of the course.
Note that in addition to the Aid Station at the start of the causeway to GI (at ~4 miles); there will be water available at the Grand Junction (at 0.75, 2.4 and 5 miles into the run).
Run to Governors Island & Back
This 5.82-mile (9.37 km) course is completely contained within the James L. Goodwin CT State Forest and the town of Hampton’s Maurice and Rita Edwards Preserve. These areas are adjacent to each other sharing a common boarder on two sides and are both fully contained within the Town of Hampton.
The start line is near the boat launch ramp for Pine Acres Pond (PAP) located east of 23 Potter Road. From the start line the outbound route goes uphill on the “paved” ramp-access road for a short distance and turns left to follow the Brown Hill Marsh Trail (BHM) marked with yellow blazes. This dirt road double track trail goes around the southern end of (PAP), across a bridge over the pond-outlet brook and heads north to the Grand Junction (GJ) of Trails at 0.75 miles from the start.
The course turns right (east) at the GJ still following yellow trail blazes to enter the BHM loop where it continues directly east switching to a single track just prior to traversing the earthen dike of the marsh. It heads north at the end of the dike (at 1.6 miles) following the eastern edge of the marsh to join with Cedar Swamp Road (CS Rd) at 1.77 miles. Following a very short section heading west on “paved” road, the course re-enters the woods on a single track heading southwest still following yellow blazes. It crosses a double track trail (the YW Connector), goes over a double-plank-width boardwalk, passes a vernal pool formed by a stonewall/earthen-dike dam and crosses a brook to reach the loop closure trail junction where it goes west on a double track for a short distance to return to the GJ at 2.41 miles.
The course heads north from the GJ on double track sections of red and red/white blazed trails and crosses CS Rd at 2.84 miles where it continues northeastward following the single track White Blazed Trail through the Edwards Preserve. (This is the only section of the course that is outside of Goodwin State Forest.) It leaves the Preserve heading downhill to the west on a double track red blazed trail, crosses the intersection with the PAP Trail (B/W), passes an Aid Station (#1) and crosses the causeway to Governors Island. (Use extreme caution for two-way traffic on the causeway.) At 3.93 miles the course does a 180-deg roundabout at the last large pine tree in front of the wildlife observation platform to initiate the return route which heads east back across the causeway to pass the Aid Station for a second time.
Just east of the Aid Station the course makes a right angle turn to go south on the single track PAP Trail following blue/white blazes (30k runners will go north). It immediately crosses a small brook and after a short distance crosses three small boardwalk sections and another brook on large stepping rocks. It follows the eastern shoreline of the pond south to reach the forest road extension of CS Rd at 4.4 miles. Here the course turns left (east) onto a “flagged” section of double track going uphill to an intersection with a red/white blazed trail. It turns south onto the double track R/W Loop Trail returning to the GJ for the third time at 5.0 miles from the start.
The course heads southwest from the GJ on the yellow/red blazed single track Tamarack Trail to a 90-deg corner where the Tamarack goes left but the course goes right (west toward the pond) on a very short “flagged” connector trail. This takes the course onto the blue/white blazed PAP Trail where it continues south on a single track following the shoreline of the pond while passing through an open forest harvest area and across an earthen dike with a couple of bridges over the pond water outlets. It switches to a double track at the end of the dike and goes around the southern end of PAP continuing north to the finish line at the pavilion 5.82 miles from the start of the course.
Note that in addition to the Aid Station at the start of the causeway to GI (at ~4 miles); there will be water available at the Grand Junction (at 0.75, 2.4 and 5 miles into the run).
2015 top 3 male finishers 10K:
1st Matt Sweeney 23 42:26
2nd Scott Hart 46 44:00
3rd Robert Low 39 44:43
2015 top 3 female finishers 10K:
1st Brianna Demers 28 43:21
2nd Kerry Arsenault 50 44:35
3rd Amanda Terenzi 19 50:29
1st Matt Sweeney 23 42:26
2nd Scott Hart 46 44:00
3rd Robert Low 39 44:43
2015 top 3 female finishers 10K:
1st Brianna Demers 28 43:21
2nd Kerry Arsenault 50 44:35
3rd Amanda Terenzi 19 50:29
