Butter Jones Road
8.8 mi · ▲ 279 ft · 3 hr 4 min
Butter Jones Road is an 8.8-mile out-and-back in Cockaponset State Forest near Lake View, CT. It climbs 279 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Butter Jones Road
8.8 mi · ▲ 279 ft · 3 hr 4 min
Elevation 209–451 ft
Out & Back · Cockaponset State Forest
Trailhead: 41.32914, -72.49944
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 78°F / low 64° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 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 N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Butter Jones Road, heading N.
- 200 ftReach the turnaround, then 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 SW.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 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 E.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 300 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 3.3 mi in (~90 min). Leave by 6:15 PM for the 8:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:43 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Tower Hill Road 4.5 mi · ▲ 163 ft
- Spuce Ledge Road 6.4 mi · ▲ 307 ft
- Spuce Ledge Road 6.5 mi · ▲ 276 ft
- Spuce Ledge Road 7.7 mi · ▲ 330 ft
- Butter Jones Road 8.7 mi · ▲ 408 ft
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