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City of Meriden Watershed Reserve Land

Beaver Pond & vague trail

5.5 mi · ▲ 713 ft · 2 hr 11 min

Beaver Pond & vague trail is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in City of Meriden Watershed Reserve Land near Meriden, CT. The route reaches Beaver Pond at the turnaround, 2.9 miles in. It climbs 713 ft. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi157 – 466 ft6.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.55986, -72.81058
Nearest town Meriden, CT
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Beaver Pond & vague trail

5.5 mi · ▲ 713 ft · 2 hr 11 min

Elevation 157–466 ft

Out & Back · City of Meriden Watershed Reserve Land

Trailhead: 41.55986, -72.81058

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:07 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  3. 250 ftBear right, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  5. 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  10. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  14. 150 ftSharp right, heading E.
  15. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  17. 0.2 miTurn left onto vague trail, heading N.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  19. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  20. 0.1 miReach Beaver Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  22. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  23. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  24. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  25. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  26. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  27. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  28. 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
  29. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/beaver-pond-beaver-pond-out-back-9-km-7cfd

Trail surface

9% dirt91% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:07 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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