Bridle Loop–Lone Pine Trail, 4 sights
15.3 mi · ▲ 1,143 ft · 5 hr 40 min
Bridle Loop–Lone Pine Trail, 4 sights is a 15.3-mile out-and-back in Cockaponset State Forest near Nut Plains, CT. It climbs 1,143 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 34/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Bridle Loop–Lone Pine Trail, 4 sights
15.3 mi · ▲ 1,143 ft · 5 hr 40 min
Elevation 100–544 ft
Out & Back · Cockaponset State Forest
Trailhead: Purple Trail · 41.34722, -72.67404
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 80°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:06 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Purple Trail, heading SW.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto New England Trail, heading NW.
- 1.4 miBear left onto Hart Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Race Hill Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto New England Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Goat Lot Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear left onto New England Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Rockland Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading W.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Gracie, heading W.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Crooked Hill Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Lone Pine Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Bridle Loop, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left onto Lone Pine Trail, heading SW.
- 500 ftReach Purple Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 500 ftBear right onto Bridle Loop, heading SW.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Lone Pine Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Crooked Hill Road, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto New England Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Gracie, heading E.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Rockland Road, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto New England Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Goat Lot Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto New England Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 300 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Race Hill Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Hart Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto New England Trail, heading SW.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Purple Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.8 mi in (~184 min). Leave by 4:42 PM for the 8:06 PM sunset. Back at your car by 11:13 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Purple Trail Trailhead
- Lower Guilford Lake–Upper Guilford Lake, 3 lakes 3.3 mi · ▲ 381 ft
- Gracie–New England Trail, 3 sights 13.7 mi · ▲ 912 ft
- New England Trail–Purple Trail, 3 sights 15.6 mi · ▲ 1,102 ft
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