Lidyhites Pond & Linsley Pond
4.2 mi · ▲ 85 ft · 1 hr 27 min
Lidyhites Pond & Linsley Pond is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Saltonstall Mountain Preserve near Totoket, CT. The route passes Lidyhites Pond before reaching Linsley Pond at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 85 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Lidyhites Pond & Linsley Pond
4.2 mi · ▲ 85 ft · 1 hr 27 min
Elevation 28–139 ft
Out & Back · Saltonstall Mountain Preserve
Trailhead: 41.31478, -72.81924
Weather Aug 4: Heavy showers, high 80°F / low 70° · precip 95% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:06 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Lidyhites Pond.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 1.1 miPass Linsley Pond.
- 400 ftReach Lidyhites Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Lake Saltonstall & Lidyhites Pond 1.9 mi · ▲ 111 ft
- Branford Supply Pond & Lidyhites Pond 5.2 mi · ▲ 261 ft
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