Meyers Pond & Bigelow Pond via Lower Breakneck Hill Road
2.6 mi · ▲ 85 ft · 55 min
Meyers Pond & Bigelow Pond via Lower Breakneck Hill Road is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Yale-Myers Forest near Union, CT. The route passes Bigelow Pond and Meyers Pond. It is mostly level, with 85 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi623 – 712 ft2.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Bigelow Brook Road 41.99239, -72.12911
Nearest town Union, CT
Directions
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Meyers Pond & Bigelow Pond via Lower Breakneck Hill Road
2.6 mi · ▲ 85 ft · 55 min
Elevation 624–711 ft
Out & Back · Yale-Myers Forest
Trailhead: Bigelow Brook Road · 41.99239, -72.12911
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Bigelow Brook Road, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Bigelow Pond.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Lower Breakneck Hill Road, heading S.
- 0.7 miPass Meyers Pond.
- 0.5 miReach Meyers Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Bigelow Brook Road, heading N.
- 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
91% dirt1% paved8% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 6:51 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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