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Blue Hills Conservation Area

Silver Lake–Crooked Brook Pond, 3 lakes

6.7 mi · ▲ 670 ft · 2 hr 34 min

Silver Lake–Crooked Brook Pond, 3 lakes is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Conservation Area near Meriden, CT. The route passes Silver Lake and Crooked Brook Pond. It climbs 670 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi151 – 466 ft · steepest grade: 19%7.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.56274, -72.80966
Nearest town Meriden, CT
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Silver Lake–Crooked Brook Pond, 3 lakes

6.7 mi · ▲ 670 ft · 2 hr 34 min

Elevation 151–466 ft

Out & Back · Blue Hills Conservation Area

Trailhead: 41.56274, -72.80966

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
  7. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  8. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left onto vague trail, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  12. 0.7 miPass Silver Lake.
  13. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  15. 0.2 miReach Silver Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  18. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  19. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  21. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  22. 450 ftPass Crooked Brook Pond.
  23. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  24. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  25. 0.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
  26. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  27. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  28. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  29. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  30. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  31. 100 ftBear left, heading S.
  32. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  33. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  34. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  35. 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  36. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/silver-lake-crooked-brook-pond-out-back-4-lakes-11-km

Trail surface

20% dirt80% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:07 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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