Butter Jones Road
8.4 mi · ▲ 198 ft · 2 hr 54 min
Butter Jones Road is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Cockaponset State Forest near Lake View, CT. It is mostly level, with 198 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Butter Jones Road
8.4 mi · ▲ 198 ft · 2 hr 54 min
Elevation 269–451 ft
Out & Back · Cockaponset State Forest
Trailhead: 41.33024, -72.50569
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 79°F / low 64° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:06 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Butter Jones Road, heading N.
- 200 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.1 mi in (~80 min). Leave by 6:26 PM for the 8:06 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:37 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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