1. Start on Metacomet Trail (NET), heading E.
2. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
3. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
4. 0.2 miBear left onto Yellow Loop, heading E.
5. 0.1 miBear left onto Lower Ridgeline Run, heading NE.
6. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
7. 50 ftTurn left onto Yellow Loop, heading NE.
8. 0.1 miPass Hartford Reservoir Number 5.
9. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
10. 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
11. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
12. 300 ftTurn right onto Red Loop, heading E.
13. 350 ftSharp left, heading SE.
14. 50 ftTurn left onto Sprite, heading SE.
15. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
16. 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
17. 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
18. 50 ftPass Hartford Reservoir Number 1.
19. 400 ftTurn right, heading SE.
20. 50 ftReach Hartford Reservoir Number 5, then turn around and head back the way you came.
21. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
22. 450 ftBear right, heading S.
23. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
24. 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
25. 50 ftSharp right onto Red Loop, heading SE.
26. 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
27. 300 ftBear right, heading NW.
28. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
29. 150 ftTurn left onto Yellow Loop, heading NW.
30. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
31. 50 ftBear left onto Lower Ridgeline Run, heading NE.
32. 0.2 miBear right onto Yellow Loop, heading NW.
33. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
34. 0.2 miTurn left onto Red Loop, heading S.
35. 350 ftBear left onto Metacomet Trail (NET), heading SW.
36. 50 ftArrive 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/hartford-reservoir-number-5-hartford-reservoir-number-5-out-back-4-km-d5a2