East Peak & Hubbard Park Viewpoint is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in City of Meriden Watershed Reserve Land near Pratts Corner, CT. The route passes Hubbard Park Viewpoint before reaching East Peak at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It climbs 690 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi384 – 965 ft · steepest grade: 33%3.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.56834, -72.84942
Nearest town Pratts Corner, CT
Directions
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East Peak & Hubbard Park Viewpoint
3.2 mi · ▲ 690 ft · 1 hr 25 min
Elevation 383–965 ft
Out & Back · City of Meriden Watershed Reserve Land
Trailhead: 41.56834, -72.84942
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miPass Hubbard Park Viewpoint.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach East Peak, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
67% dirt33% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:50 AMSunset 8:07 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~47 min). Leave by 7:00 PM for the 8:07 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:57 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Hubbard Park Viewpoint 3 mi · ▲ 607 ft
- Hubbard Park Viewpoint 3.1 mi · ▲ 640 ft
- Hubbard Park Viewpoint 3.2 mi · ▲ 643 ft
- Hubbard Park Viewpoint 3.4 mi · ▲ 335 ft
- Mine Island & Merimere Reservoir 3.8 mi · ▲ 423 ft
- Mirror Lake & Hubgard Park Pond 4.6 mi · ▲ 523 ft
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