The land and trail network at Pond Mountain Natural Area, maintained for your enjoyment by Pond Mountain Trust, are the enduring legacy of the late Myra H. Hopson of Kent. Established by Miss Hopson in 1966, the Trust administers a natural tract of nearly 800 acres in cooperation with the Connecticut Chapter of The Nature Conservancy.

​The purpose of the Trust is the perpetual preservation of the land in its natural state, as free as possible from all human interference, for scientific, educational, and cultural use. It is hoped that you, the visitors, will find it a place where body, mind and spirit are refreshed.

• Fuller Pond - a spring fed, glacial lake of exceptional depth and clarity which has been subject of several research projects in the past
• Pond Mountain - the highest elevation within the Natural Area. Looking west into Macedonia Brook State Park, the outlines of the Catskill Mountains will be visible in the distance.
• ​The Appalachian Trail - this famous hiking trail skirts the eastern portions of the property and may be reached off of Skiff Mountain Road.
• Caleb’s Peak - located on the Appalachian Trail to the east of Skiff Mountain Road, the rocky promontory provides an excellent view of Kent and Housatonic Valley.
• St. John’s Ledges - located on the Appalachian Trail and accessed from either Skiff Mountain Road or River Road below. These sheer granite cliffs were exposed as glacier and river scoured the valley below.