AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Blue Hills Conservation Area

Crooked Brook Pond

5.3 mi · ▲ 418 ft · 1 hr 59 min

Crooked Brook Pond is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Conservation Area near Meriden, CT. The route reaches Crooked Brook Pond at the turnaround, 2.6 miles in. It climbs 418 ft. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi217 – 466 ft5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.55986, -72.81058
Nearest town Meriden, CT
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Crooked Brook Pond

5.3 mi · ▲ 418 ft · 1 hr 59 min

Elevation 217–466 ft

Out & Back · Blue Hills Conservation Area

Trailhead: 41.55986, -72.81058

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.4 miSharp left, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  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 NW.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  12. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  13. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  15. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  16. 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
  17. 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
  18. 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-9-km-ff6e

Trail surface

28% dirt72% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:07 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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