Cockaponset State Forest

Butter Jones Road

8.5 mi · ▲ 364 ft · 3 hr 1 min

Butter Jones Road is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in Cockaponset State Forest near Lake View, CT. It climbs 364 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi223 – 449 ft9.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.33185, -72.49807
Nearest town Lake View, CT

Directions

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Butter Jones Road

8.5 mi · ▲ 364 ft · 3 hr 1 min

Elevation 222–451 ft

Out & Back · Cockaponset State Forest

Trailhead: 41.33185, -72.49807

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  4. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  10. 200 ftBear right, heading N.
  11. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  12. 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
  13. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  16. 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
  17. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  18. 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
  19. 1.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  20. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  22. 50 ftTurn left onto Butter Jones Road, heading NW.
  23. 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  24. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  25. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  26. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  27. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  28. 1.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  29. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  30. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  31. 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
  32. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  33. 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  34. 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
  35. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  36. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  37. 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
  38. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  39. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  40. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  41. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  42. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  43. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  44. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  45. 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~13 min). Leave by 6:19 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:19 PM — 1 min before dark.

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