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Blue Hills Conservation Area

Crooked Brook Pond via Old Metacomet

4.4 mi · ▲ 369 ft · 1 hr 39 min

Crooked Brook Pond via Old Metacomet is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Conservation Area near Meriden, CT. The route reaches Crooked Brook Pond at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 369 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi217 – 466 ft · steepest grade: 20%4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.56274, -72.80966
Nearest town Meriden, CT
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Crooked Brook Pond via Old Metacomet

4.4 mi · ▲ 369 ft · 1 hr 39 min

Elevation 217–467 ft

Out & Back · Blue Hills Conservation Area

Trailhead: 41.56274, -72.80966

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:07 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
  7. 0.8 miPass Crooked Brook Pond.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  9. 0.8 miSharp right, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  12. 0.5 miTurn left onto Old Metacomet, heading S.
  13. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  14. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/crooked-brook-pond-crooked-brook-pond-out-back-6-km-8040

Trail surface

41% dirt59% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:07 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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