Mason Pond & Shuttle Meadow Pond is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Ragged Mountain Memorial Preserve near Turkey Hill, CT. The route passes Mason Pond before reaching Shuttle Meadow Pond at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi164 – 253 ft4.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.62824, -72.80388
Nearest town Turkey Hill, CT
Directions
AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com
Mason Pond & Shuttle Meadow Pond
4.3 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 28 min
Elevation 165–252 ft
Out & Back · Ragged Mountain Memorial Preserve
Trailhead: 41.62824, -72.80388
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miPass Mason Pond.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.7 miPass Shuttle Meadow Pond.
- 250 ftReach Mason Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 500 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 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 surface
31% paved69% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:07 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Lower Hart Pond & City of New Britain Public Watershed Lands Viewpoint Loop 1.3 mi · ▲ 228 ft
- Intermittent Cascade Loop 1.3 mi · ▲ 170 ft
- City of New Britain Public Watershed Lands Viewpoint & Ragged Mountain Memorial Preserve Viewpoint 2.7 mi · ▲ 485 ft
- City of New Britain Public Watershed Lands Viewpoint 3 mi · ▲ 436 ft
- Wassel Reservoir & City of New Britain Public Watershed Lands Viewpoint 3.5 mi · ▲ 590 ft
Get outside more
A wild hike near Turkey Hill, emailed to you once a week.
Hikes near Turkey Hill, Connecticut