AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Blue Hills Conservation Area

Silver Lake–Beaver Pond, 4 lakes

3.8 mi · ▲ 368 ft · 1 hr 27 min

Silver Lake–Beaver Pond, 4 lakes is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Conservation Area near Turkey Hill, CT. The route passes Silver Lake, Beaver Pond and Crooked Brook Pond. It climbs 368 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi151 – 361 ft · steepest grade: 16%3.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.58166, -72.77709
Nearest town Turkey Hill, CT
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Silver Lake–Beaver Pond, 4 lakes

3.8 mi · ▲ 368 ft · 1 hr 27 min

Elevation 151–362 ft

Out & Back · Blue Hills Conservation Area

Trailhead: 41.58166, -72.77709

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miPass Silver Lake.
  3. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  4. 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 0.2 miPass Beaver Pond.
  7. 50 ftReach Silver Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  9. 0.3 miBear right onto vague trail, heading N.
  10. 1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  11. 50 ftPass Crooked Brook Pond.
  12. 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
  13. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  14. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  15. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/silver-lake-crooked-brook-pond-out-back-7-km-186d

Trail surface

29% other71% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:07 PM

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