City of New London Public Watershed Lands
Chapel Hill & Barnes Reservoir
6.9 mi · ▲ 722 ft · 2 hr 40 min
Chapel Hill & Barnes Reservoir is a 6.9-mile out-and-back in City of New London Public Watershed Lands near Four Corners, CT. The route passes Barnes Reservoir before reaching Chapel Hill at the turnaround, 3.4 miles in. It climbs 722 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Chapel Hill & Barnes Reservoir
6.9 mi · ▲ 722 ft · 2 hr 40 min
Elevation 201–605 ft
Out & Back · City of New London Public Watershed Lands
Trailhead: 41.45478, -72.20183
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miPass Barnes Reservoir.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 1.3 miBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach Chapel Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 400 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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