Powder Hill–Beseck Lake, 3 beaches
2.1 mi · ▲ 444 ft · 55 min
Powder Hill–Beseck Lake, 3 beaches is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in King Property near Beseck Lake, CT. The route passes Lake Beseck Beach and Beseck Lake before reaching Powder Hill at the turnaround, 1.1 miles in. It climbs 444 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Powder Hill–Beseck Lake, 3 beaches
2.1 mi · ▲ 444 ft · 55 min
Elevation 354–804 ft
Out & Back · King Property
Trailhead: 41.51098, -72.73708
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 79°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:06 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Lake Beseck Beach.
- 50 ftPass Beseck Lake.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 450 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach Powder Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Beseck Lake–Lake Beseck Beach, 3 lakes 2.5 mi · ▲ 770 ft
- Camels Hump–Beseck Mountain, 5 summits 8.5 mi · ▲ 1,651 ft
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