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Winding Trails Recreation Area

Beaverdam Pond–Winding Trails Recreation Area Beach, 3 lakes

5 mi · ▲ 141 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Beaverdam Pond–Winding Trails Recreation Area Beach, 3 lakes is a 5-mile out-and-back in Winding Trails Recreation Area near River Glen, CT. The route passes Winding Trails Recreation Area Beach and Trout Pond before reaching Beaverdam Pond at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 141 ft of elevation gain. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi207 – 272 ft5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.75092, -72.84956
Nearest town River Glen, CT
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Beaverdam Pond–Winding Trails Recreation Area Beach, 3 lakes

5 mi · ▲ 141 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Elevation 207–272 ft

Out & Back · Winding Trails Recreation Area

Trailhead: 41.75092, -72.84956

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftPass Winding Trails Recreation Area Beach.
  3. 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  5. 50 ftPass Trout Pond.
  6. 400 ftBear left, heading N.
  7. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  8. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  10. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  11. 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  12. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  15. 200 ftSharp right, heading W.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  17. 250 ftSharp left, heading W.
  18. 500 ftTurn right onto Farmington Canal Heritage Trail, heading E.
  19. 1.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  20. 0.4 miReach Beaverdam Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 1.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
  22. 500 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  23. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  24. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  25. 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  26. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  27. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  28. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  29. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
  30. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  31. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  32. 250 ftBear left, heading S.
  33. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  34. 400 ftTurn right, heading S.
  35. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  36. 350 ftArrive 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/beaverdam-pond-beaverdam-pond-out-back-5-lakes-8-km-82f7

Trail surface

46% paved54% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:07 PM

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