Yellow Blazes
2.4 mi · ▲ 299 ft · 57 min
Yellow Blazes is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in US-6 Corridor near Bolton, CT. It climbs 299 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi449 – 614 ft2.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Orange Blazes 41.78498, -72.43008
Nearest town Bolton, CT
Directions
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Yellow Blazes
2.4 mi · ▲ 299 ft · 57 min
Elevation 449–613 ft
Out & Back · US-6 Corridor
Trailhead: Orange Blazes · 41.78498, -72.43008
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Orange Blazes, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Yellow Blazes, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 400 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftReach Yellow Blazes, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Orange Blazes, heading S.
- 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
43% dirt57% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:52 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~35 min). Leave by 5:57 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:40 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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