Powder Hill–Beseck Mountain, 3 summits is a 6.6-mile out-and-back near Beseck Lake, CT. The route passes Black Pond and Beseck Mountain before reaching Powder Hill at the turnaround, 3.3 miles in. It climbs 1,058 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi413 – 804 ft · steepest grade: 23%7.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Blue/Red Trail 41.53059, -72.73970
Nearest town Beseck Lake, CT
Directions
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Powder Hill–Beseck Mountain, 3 summits
6.6 mi · ▲ 1,058 ft · 2 hr 44 min
Elevation 413–804 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Blue/Red Trail · 41.53059, -72.73970
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:06 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Blue/Red Trail, heading W.
- 300 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 1 miPass Black Pond.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Beseck Mountain.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach Powder Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 1.6 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.6 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
94% dirt6% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:06 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.0 mi in (~63 min). Leave by 6:44 PM for the 8:06 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:19 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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