Blue Hills Conservation Area

Silver Lake & vague trail

6.6 mi · ▲ 698 ft · 2 hr 33 min

Silver Lake & vague trail is a 6.6-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Conservation Area near Meriden, CT. The route reaches Silver Lake at the turnaround, 3.1 miles in. It climbs 698 ft. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi154 – 456 ft7.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.55986, -72.81058
Nearest town Meriden, CT

Directions

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Silver Lake & vague trail

6.6 mi · ▲ 698 ft · 2 hr 33 min

Elevation 153–457 ft

Out & Back · Blue Hills Conservation Area

Trailhead: 41.55986, -72.81058

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.4 miSharp left, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  6. 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
  7. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left onto vague trail, heading E.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  11. 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
  12. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  14. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  15. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  16. 450 ftPass Silver Lake.
  17. 100 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  18. 0.2 miReach Silver Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
  20. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  21. 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
  22. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  23. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  24. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  25. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  26. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  27. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  28. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  29. 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
  30. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  31. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  32. 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
  33. 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 surface

100% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:07 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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