Silver Lake & vague trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 391 ft · 1 hr 28 min
Silver Lake & vague trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Conservation Area near Turkey Hill, CT. The route reaches Silver Lake. It climbs 391 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi151 – 367 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.58212, -72.79430
Nearest town Turkey Hill, CT
Directions
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Silver Lake & vague trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 391 ft · 1 hr 28 min
Elevation 151–369 ft
Out & Back · Blue Hills Conservation Area
Trailhead: 41.58212, -72.79430
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto vague trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miPass Silver Lake.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 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 NW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, 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
2% dirt98% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:07 PM
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