Meyers Pond & Breakneck Pond via Lower Breakneck Hill Road is a 12.1-mile out-and-back in Nipmuck State Forest near Mashapaug, CT. The route passes Breakneck Pond before reaching Meyers Pond at the turnaround, 6 miles in. It climbs 796 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi614 – 820 ft · steepest grade: 16%12.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.04893, -72.11135
Nearest town Mashapaug, CT
Directions
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Meyers Pond & Breakneck Pond via Lower Breakneck Hill Road
12.1 mi · ▲ 796 ft · 4 hr 26 min
Elevation 614–820 ft
Out & Back · Nipmuck State Forest
Trailhead: 42.04893, -72.11135
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 78°F / low 61° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:45 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Breakneck Pond.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading W.
- 1.3 miSharp left onto Breakneck Hill Road, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Lower Breakneck Hill Road, heading SW.
- 0.7 miReach Meyers Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Breakneck Hill Road, heading NE.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 1.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
68% dirt32% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 78°F61°
Precip0%Wind7 mphUV8Humidity84%
Rained 0.8″ yesterday (2.3″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 5:45 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:05 PM
Wed
81°62°
Thu
88°67°
50%
Fri
92°70°
38%
Sat
90°68°
41%
Sun
92°66°
15%
Mon
92°70°
20%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Reservoir No. 5 4.6 mi · ▲ 444 ft
- Cat Rocks–Breakneck Pond, 3 summits 4.8 mi · ▲ 354 ft
- Breakneck Hill Road 5.4 mi · ▲ 462 ft
- Hatchet Pond–Reservoir No. 5, 3 lakes 6.9 mi · ▲ 553 ft
- Reservoir No. 4–Reservoir No. 5, 3 lakes 8.2 mi · ▲ 538 ft
- Cat Rocks–Breakneck Pond, 5 sights 9.5 mi · ▲ 756 ft
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