Bigelow Pond & Morse Reservoir via Park Road
6.8 mi · ▲ 691 ft · 2 hr 37 min
Bigelow Pond & Morse Reservoir via Park Road is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Yale-Myers Forest near Mashapaug, CT. The route passes Bigelow Pond before reaching Morse Reservoir at the turnaround, 3.4 miles in. It climbs 691 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Bigelow Pond & Morse Reservoir via Park Road
6.8 mi · ▲ 691 ft · 2 hr 37 min
Elevation 641–1,070 ft
Out & Back · Yale-Myers Forest
Trailhead: 41.99891, -72.12519
Weather Sep 20: Light rain, high 60°F / low 53° · precip 72% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Bigelow Pond.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Bigelow Brook Road, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Park Road, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bigelow Hollow Park Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Lower Breakneck Hill Road, heading W.
- 200 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 1.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.5 miPass Morse Reservoir.
- 250 ftReach Bigelow Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1.8 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Bigelow Hollow Park Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Park Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right onto Bigelow Brook Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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