Smaug's Lair sign & Smaug's Lair
3.4 mi · ▲ 542 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Smaug's Lair sign & Smaug's Lair is a 3.4-mile out-and-back near Tariffville, CT. The route reaches Smaug's Lair sign. It climbs 542 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi154 – 420 ft · steepest grade: 17%5.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.90210, -72.75750
Nearest town Tariffville, CT
Directions
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Smaug's Lair sign & Smaug's Lair
3.4 mi · ▲ 542 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Elevation 156–419 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.90210, -72.75750
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miPass Smaug's Lair sign.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Smaug's Lair, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftReach Smaug's Lair sign, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 200 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
98% dirt2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:07 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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