Butter Jones Road & Tower Hill Road Loop via Spuce Ledge Road
3.7 mi · ▲ 83 ft · 1 hr 16 min
Butter Jones Road & Tower Hill Road Loop via Spuce Ledge Road is a 3.7-mile loop in Cockaponset State Forest near Lake View, CT. It is mostly level, with 83 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Butter Jones Road & Tower Hill Road Loop via Spuce Ledge Road
3.7 mi · ▲ 83 ft · 1 hr 16 min
Elevation 328–451 ft
Loop · Cockaponset State Forest
Trailhead: 41.37395, -72.50446
Weather Aug 4: Heavy rain, high 77°F / low 69° · precip 88% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:06 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Spuce Ledge Road, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Butter Jones Road, heading W.
- 250 ftReach Butter Jones Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Tower Hill Road, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Spuce Ledge Road, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 500 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miThe loop closes 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 0.8 mi in (~22 min). Leave by 7:24 PM for the 8:06 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:41 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Star Lake 2.2 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Spuce Ledge Road Loop 2.2 mi · ▲ 83 ft
- Spuce Ledge Road Loop 2.2 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- Tower Hill Lake Loop via Spuce Ledge Road 2.7 mi · ▲ 193 ft
- Star Lake & Dennison Pond 2.7 mi · ▲ 138 ft
- Spuce Ledge Road 3.1 mi · ▲ 83 ft
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