Bear Hill–Spiderweed Preserve Viewpoint, 3 summits
2.5 mi · ▲ 247 ft · 57 min
Bear Hill–Spiderweed Preserve Viewpoint, 3 summits is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Cockaponset State Forest near Riverdale, CT. The route passes Asylum Reservoir Number 2 and Bear Hill before reaching Spiderweed Preserve Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 247 ft of elevation gain. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bear Hill–Spiderweed Preserve Viewpoint, 3 summits
2.5 mi · ▲ 247 ft · 57 min
Elevation 519–669 ft
Out & Back · Cockaponset State Forest
Trailhead: 41.53472, -72.59882
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Asylum Reservoir Number 2.
- 300 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.1 miPass Bear Hill.
- 400 ftBear right, heading S.
- 350 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftPass Spiderweed Preserve Viewpoint.
- 100 ftReach Bear Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear 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.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Asylum Reservoir Number 3 & Asylum Reservoir Number 2 2.3 mi · ▲ 135 ft
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