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
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto vague trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 450 ftPass Silver Lake.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Silver Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, 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.
Trail surface
100% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:07 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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