City of Meriden Watershed Reserve Land
Beaver Pond & vague trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 437 ft · 1 hr 51 min
Beaver Pond & vague trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in City of Meriden Watershed Reserve Land near Meriden, CT. The route reaches Beaver Pond at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 437 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Beaver Pond & vague trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 437 ft · 1 hr 51 min
Elevation 151–427 ft
Out & Back · City of Meriden Watershed Reserve Land
Trailhead: 41.56274, -72.80966
Weather Sep 20: Light rain, high 63°F / low 57° · precip 74% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:54 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto vague trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach Beaver Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Silver Lake–Crooked Brook Pond, 3 lakes 6.7 mi · ▲ 670 ft
- Beaver Pond–Crooked Brook Pond, 3 lakes 6.3 mi · ▲ 712 ft
- Crooked Brook Pond via Old Metacomet 4.4 mi · ▲ 369 ft
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