Breakneck Pond & Breakneck Hill Road is a 10.9-mile out-and-back in Yale-Myers Forest near Union, CT. The route reaches Breakneck Pond. It climbs 1,266 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi614 – 1,070 ft11.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.95313, -72.15189
Nearest town Union, CT
Directions
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Breakneck Pond & Breakneck Hill Road
10.9 mi · ▲ 1,266 ft · 4 hr 16 min
Elevation 614–1,070 ft
Out & Back · Yale-Myers Forest
Trailhead: 41.95313, -72.15189
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 80°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading SE.
- 1.8 miBear right onto Lower Breakneck Hill Road, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 1.5 miPass Breakneck Pond.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Breakneck Hill Road, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.4 miReach Breakneck Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Lower Breakneck Hill Road, heading W.
- 200 ftBear left, heading W.
- 1.8 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.8 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
91% dirt9% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 80°F63°
Precip0%Wind6 mphUV8Humidity78%
Rained 0.6″ yesterday (2.4″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 5:46 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:05 PM
Wed
81°66°
Thu
87°68°
50%
Fri
92°70°
37%
Sat
90°70°
42%
Sun
91°70°
15%
Mon
91°71°
20%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Morse Reservoir 3.7 mi · ▲ 350 ft
- Walker Mountain 3.9 mi · ▲ 493 ft
- Sustek Pond 4 mi · ▲ 579 ft
- Lost Pond & Morse Reservoir 5.3 mi · ▲ 492 ft
- Walker Mountain & Meyers Pond via Lower Breakneck Hill Road 7.2 mi · ▲ 939 ft
- Lower Breakneck Hill Road 8.3 mi · ▲ 1,205 ft
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