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Crouch Road via Air Line State Park Trail - Colchester Spur is a 7.4-mile out-and-back in Airline State Park Trail (Southern Section) near Amston, CT. It climbs 309 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi374 – 597 ft7.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Air Line State Park Trail 41.63982, -72.33943
Nearest town Amston, CT

Directions

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Crouch Road via Air Line State Park Trail - Colchester Spur

7.4 mi · ▲ 309 ft · 2 hr 37 min

Elevation 375–599 ft

Out & Back · Airline State Park Trail (Southern Section)

Trailhead: Air Line State Park Trail · 41.63982, -72.33943

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Air Line State Park Trail, heading SW.
  2. 1 miSharp left onto Air Line State Park Trail - Colchester Spur, heading E.
  3. 1.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  4. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 0.6 miTurn right onto Crouch Road, heading N.
  6. 0.5 miReach Crouch Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  8. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto Air Line State Park Trail - Colchester Spur, heading SW.
  10. 1.7 miSharp right onto Air Line State Park Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.8 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

70% gravel1% dirt29% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 6:31 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:08 PM — 11 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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