The Sheffield Scientific School-Yale University
Powers Lake
3.1 mi · ▲ 253 ft · 1 hr 10 min
Powers Lake is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in The Sheffield Scientific School-Yale University near Silver Falls, CT. The route reaches Powers Lake. It climbs 253 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Powers Lake
3.1 mi · ▲ 253 ft · 1 hr 10 min
Elevation 161–345 ft
Out & Back · The Sheffield Scientific School-Yale University
Trailhead: 41.39557, -72.26203
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach Powers Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~17 min). Leave by 6:15 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:22 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Powers Lake & Darrow Pond via Aunt Ruth's Turnpike 6.2 mi · ▲ 591 ft
- Beech Hill 10.9 mi · ▲ 850 ft
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