West Thompson Lake & Old Blain Road via Old Ravenelle Road is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in West Thompson Dam Recreation Area near West Thompson, CT. The route reaches West Thompson Lake. It is mostly level, with 109 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi308 – 358 ft4.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Old West Thompson Road 41.94564, -71.91072
Nearest town West Thompson, CT
Directions
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West Thompson Lake & Old Blain Road via Old Ravenelle Road
3.8 mi · ▲ 109 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Elevation 308–358 ft
Out & Back · West Thompson Dam Recreation Area
Trailhead: Old West Thompson Road · 41.94564, -71.91072
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Old West Thompson Road, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Old Ravenelle Road, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miPass West Thompson Lake.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Old Blain Road, heading NW.
- 0.4 miReach West Thompson Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Old Ravenelle Road, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Old West Thompson Road, heading S.
- 200 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
71% dirt7% paved1% boardwalk21% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 6:50 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 1 mi · out & back · via Old West Thompson Road
- 1.4 mi · out & back · via Old West Thompson Road
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Shoreline Road
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Shoreline Road
- 5.1 mi · out & back · via Old West Thompson Road
- 5.3 mi · out & back · via Old Blain Road
- 6 mi · out & back · via Old Blain Road
More from Old West Thompson Road Trailhead
- Old Ravenelle Road 2.1 mi · ▲ 83 ft
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