Camels Hump is a 3-mile out-and-back in Higby Mountain Easement near Beseck Lake, CT. The route reaches Camels Hump at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It climbs 635 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi417 – 833 ft · steepest grade: 18%3.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: connector 41.53442, -72.73130
Nearest town Beseck Lake, CT
Directions
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Camels Hump
3 mi · ▲ 635 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Elevation 418–834 ft
Out & Back · Higby Mountain Easement
Trailhead: connector · 41.53442, -72.73130
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:54 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 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 SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
96% dirt4% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:54 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Powder Hill–Beseck Mountain, 3 summits 5.3 mi · ▲ 929 ft
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