City of Meriden Watershed Reserve Land
Beaver Pond–Elmere Reservoir, 3 lakes
5 mi · ▲ 682 ft · 2 hr
Beaver Pond–Elmere Reservoir, 3 lakes is a 5-mile out-and-back in City of Meriden Watershed Reserve Land near Meriden, CT. The route passes Elmere Reservoir before reaching Beaver Pond at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 682 ft. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi157 – 466 ft5.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.56396, -72.81263
Nearest town Meriden, CT
Directions
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Beaver Pond–Elmere Reservoir, 3 lakes
5 mi · ▲ 682 ft · 2 hr
Elevation 157–467 ft
Out & Back · City of Meriden Watershed Reserve Land
Trailhead: 41.56396, -72.81263
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 450 ftPass Elmere Reservoir.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Beaver Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto vague trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Old Metacomet, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
32% dirt68% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:07 PM
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