Lake Saltonstall Watershed Reserve Land
Lake Saltonstall & Lidyhites Pond
4.6 mi · ▲ 460 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Lake Saltonstall & Lidyhites Pond is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Lake Saltonstall Watershed Reserve Land near Foxon, CT. The route passes Lidyhites Pond before reaching Lake Saltonstall at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 460 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lake Saltonstall & Lidyhites Pond
4.6 mi · ▲ 460 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Elevation 36–284 ft
Out & Back · Lake Saltonstall Watershed Reserve Land
Trailhead: 41.31619, -72.84059
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:54 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miPass Lidyhites Pond.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Lake Saltonstall, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 500 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 400 ftArrive 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
- Lake Saltonstall & Lidyhites Pond 6.8 mi · ▲ 488 ft
- Lidyhites Pond 2.8 mi · ▲ 335 ft
- Lidyhites Hill 2 mi · ▲ 247 ft
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