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Blue Hills Conservation Area

Beaver Pond–Crooked Brook Pond, 3 lakes

6.3 mi · ▲ 712 ft · 2 hr 27 min

Beaver Pond–Crooked Brook Pond, 3 lakes is a 6.3-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Conservation Area near Meriden, CT. The route passes Beaver Pond and Crooked Brook Pond. It climbs 712 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi157 – 466 ft · steepest grade: 17%6.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.56274, -72.80966
Nearest town Meriden, CT
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Beaver Pond–Crooked Brook Pond, 3 lakes

6.3 mi · ▲ 712 ft · 2 hr 27 min

Elevation 157–467 ft

Out & Back · Blue Hills Conservation Area

Trailhead: 41.56274, -72.80966

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
  7. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  8. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left onto vague trail, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  11. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 0.1 miReach Beaver Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  14. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  15. 1.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  16. 450 ftPass Crooked Brook Pond.
  17. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  18. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  20. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  22. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  23. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  24. 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Metacomet, heading SW.
  25. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  26. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/beaver-pond-crooked-brook-pond-out-back-4-lakes-10-km

Trail surface

17% dirt83% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:07 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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