Burr Pond State Park

Blue – Walcott Trail – 2.7 miles

• Maybe it was just the snow but the hiking was way more rugged than I was expecting.  The rocky backside of the loop is steeper and more technical where I was expecting a flat walk along the waters edge (though I expect that’s true on the north side of the pond).
• I first passed the glacial erratic lovingly renamed Boulder Over Burr or BOB for short and just past it on the very short spur trail is a rocky knob with half a view of the pond.  Even on the snowy morning the Walcott Trail was well traveled so this must be a popular hike.
• There were two good views of the water along this south side before I reached the John Muir Trail again.

Also Blue – John Muir Trail – 2.69 miles

• Only 0.14 miles of this trail technically fall within the park’s borders, but if you’re looking for a rugged, beautiful, and remote feeling hike this one is for you.  The trail heads south from here crossing a few old forest roads for just over 2.5 miles until reaching Sunnybrook State Park.
• Many stretches are infrequently traveled and while it is pretty well blazed there were a handful of spots where I had to backtrack to the last blaze I saw and scan the area to find where it turned from obvious path.
• Between the John Muir Trail and my loops at Sunnybrook and Burr Pond I put together a 8 mile hike (the full hike around Burr Pond would probably be over 10).

Blue/White Trails

• There are two of these trails
  • One on the north side from the parking area to picnic areas along the water called the Jenkins Trail
  • And one on the south side as a connector to the John Muir Trail

Blue/Yellow Trails

• There are also two of these both on the south side of the pond
  • One is the 0.15 mile Peninsula Trail which is a quick out and back to a view of the pond
  • The other is just 200′ or so to the Boulder Over Burr and a rocky lookout of the pond

There are a number of forest roads that criss cross the southern part of the park but trail maps are posted at a number of the junctions pointing out where you are should it be confusing.