Bigelow Pond & Morse Reservoir via Lower Breakneck Hill Road
5.5 mi · ▲ 638 ft · 2 hr 9 min
Bigelow Pond & Morse Reservoir via Lower Breakneck Hill Road is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Yale-Myers Forest near Union, CT. The route passes Bigelow Pond before reaching Morse Reservoir at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It climbs 638 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Bigelow Pond & Morse Reservoir via Lower Breakneck Hill Road
5.5 mi · ▲ 638 ft · 2 hr 9 min
Elevation 671–1,070 ft
Out & Back · Yale-Myers Forest
Trailhead: Bigelow Brook Road · 41.99219, -72.12944
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 79°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Bigelow Pond.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Lower Breakneck Hill Road, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left, heading S.
- 1.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.8 miPass Morse Reservoir.
- 50 ftReach Bigelow Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1.8 miTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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