City of New Britain Public Watershed Lands

Shuttle Meadow Reservoir

4.9 mi · ▲ 577 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Shuttle Meadow Reservoir is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in City of New Britain Public Watershed Lands near Mount Pleasant Housing, CT. The route reaches Shuttle Meadow Reservoir at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 577 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi249 – 620 ft · steepest grade: 17%5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.66635, -72.81966
Nearest town Mount Pleasant Housing, CT

Directions

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Shuttle Meadow Reservoir

4.9 mi · ▲ 577 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Elevation 250–621 ft

Out & Back · City of New Britain Public Watershed Lands

Trailhead: 41.66635, -72.81966

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:07 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  3. 1.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  8. 300 ftReach Shuttle Meadow Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 350 ftBear right, heading S.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  11. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  14. 1.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  15. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

75% dirt25% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:07 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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