Quaddick Reservoir & Baker Road via Wakefield Pond Road is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Quaddick State Park near Quaddick, CT. The route reaches Quaddick Reservoir. It climbs 304 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi427 – 604 ft3.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.95505, -71.81270
Nearest town Quaddick, CT
Directions
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Quaddick Reservoir & Baker Road via Wakefield Pond Road
3.9 mi · ▲ 304 ft · 1 hr 27 min
Elevation 426–604 ft
Out & Back · Quaddick State Park
Trailhead: 41.95505, -71.81270
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:44 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Quaddick Reservoir.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Wakefield Pond Road, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Baker Road, heading W.
- 0.4 miReach Quaddick Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Wakefield Pond Road, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 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
70% dirt30% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 5:44 AMSunset 8:04 PM
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