City of New Britain Public Watershed Lands Viewpoint & Wassel Reservoir Loop is a 2.3-mile loop in Ragged Mountain Memorial Preserve near Turkey Hill, CT. The route passes Wassel Reservoir, City of New Britain Public Watershed Lands Viewpoint and City of New Britain Public Watershed Lands Viewpoint. It climbs 338 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 45/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi305 – 630 ft · steepest grade: 21%2.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.62836, -72.81799
Nearest town Turkey Hill, CT
Directions
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City of New Britain Public Watershed Lands Viewpoint & Wassel Reservoir Loop
2.3 mi · ▲ 338 ft · 56 min
Elevation 306–629 ft
Loop · Ragged Mountain Memorial Preserve
Trailhead: 41.62836, -72.81799
Weather Sep 20: Rain, high 62°F / low 56° · precip 74% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:54 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Wassel Reservoir.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 500 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 300 ftPass City of New Britain Public Watershed Lands Viewpoint.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miPass City of New Britain Public Watershed Lands Viewpoint.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
RainTemperature 62°F56°
Precip74%Wind3 mphUV1Humidity98%
Rained 3.2″ 7 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
65°50°
Sunrise 6:37 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:54 PM
Mon
64°54°
22%
Tue
61°49°
20%
Wed
64°46°
Thu
65°43°
17%
Fri
63°47°
34%
Sat
61°51°
33%
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More from this trailhead
- Wassel Reservoir–Mason Pond, 3 lakes 5 mi · ▲ 406 ft
- Ragged Mountain–City of New Britain Public Watershed Lands Viewpoint, 4 lakes 3.2 mi · ▲ 575 ft
- Lower Hart Pond–City of New Britain Public Watershed Lands Viewpoint Loop, 3 lakes 2.3 mi · ▲ 382 ft
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