Crystal Lake & Old Back Highway
1.9 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 43 min
Crystal Lake & Old Back Highway is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Clark Community Park near Saybrook Manor, CT. The route reaches Crystal Lake. It is mostly level, with 165 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Crystal Lake & Old Back Highway
1.9 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 43 min
Elevation 11–75 ft
Out & Back · Clark Community Park
Trailhead: 41.30139, -72.41952
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 78°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.1 miPass Crystal Lake.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Old Back Highway, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Crystal Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~17 min). Leave by 7:27 PM for the 8:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:38 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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