Camels Hump–Beseck Mountain, 5 summits is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in King Property near Beseck Lake, CT. The route passes Lake Beseck Beach, Beseck Lake, Beseck Mountain and Black Pond before reaching Camels Hump at the turnaround, 4.2 miles in. It climbs 1,651 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi354 – 833 ft · steepest grade: 23%9.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.51098, -72.73708
Nearest town Beseck Lake, CT
Directions
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Camels Hump–Beseck Mountain, 5 summits
8.5 mi · ▲ 1,651 ft · 3 hr 40 min
Elevation 355–834 ft
Out & Back · King Property
Trailhead: 41.51098, -72.73708
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 79°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:06 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Lake Beseck Beach.
- 50 ftPass Beseck Lake.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miPass Beseck Mountain.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miPass Black Pond.
- 1.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 100 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miReach Camels Hump, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading S.
- 1.6 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 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
82% dirt18% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 79°F62°
Precip0%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity77%
Rained 2.1″ yesterday (3.9″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 5:49 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:06 PM
Wed
80°64°
Thu
92°70°
22%
Fri
94°71°
35%
Sat
92°71°
37%
Sun
93°67°
19%
Mon
94°72°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~26 min). Leave by 7:20 PM for the 8:06 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:38 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Powder Hill–Beseck Lake, 3 beaches 2.1 mi · ▲ 444 ft
- Beseck Lake–Lake Beseck Beach, 3 lakes 2.5 mi · ▲ 770 ft
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