City of Meriden Watershed Reserve Land
City of Meriden Watershed Reserve Land Viewpoint & Elmere Reservoir via Old Metacomet
5 mi · ▲ 864 ft · 2 hr 6 min
City of Meriden Watershed Reserve Land Viewpoint & Elmere Reservoir via Old Metacomet is a 5-mile out-and-back in City of Meriden Watershed Reserve Land near Turkey Hill, CT. The route passes Elmere Reservoir before reaching City of Meriden Watershed Reserve Land Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 864 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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City of Meriden Watershed Reserve Land Viewpoint & Elmere Reservoir via Old Metacomet
5 mi · ▲ 864 ft · 2 hr 6 min
Elevation 285–709 ft
Out & Back · City of Meriden Watershed Reserve Land
Trailhead: 41.57923, -72.79610
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Old Metacomet, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miPass Elmere Reservoir.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach City of Meriden Watershed Reserve Land Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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