1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
2. 250 ftPass Crooked Brook Pond.
3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
4. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
5. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
6. 0.9 miBear left, heading SW.
7. 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
8. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
9. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
10. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
11. 0.4 miPass Elmere Reservoir.
12. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
13. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
14. 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
15. 0.6 miPass City of Meriden Watershed Reserve Land Viewpoint.
16. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
17. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
18. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
19. 200 ftReach South Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
20. 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
21. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
22. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
23. 0.6 miSharp right, heading NE.
24. 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
25. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
26. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
27. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
28. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
29. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
30. 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
31. 0.9 miBear right, heading NE.
32. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
33. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
34. 0.1 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/south-mountain-city-of-meriden-watershed-reserve-land-viewpoint-out-back-7-lakes-12-km