Cockaponset State Forest

Butter Jones Road

10.6 mi · ▲ 423 ft · 3 hr 45 min

Butter Jones Road is a 10.6-mile out-and-back in Cockaponset State Forest near Pond Meadow, CT. It climbs 423 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi125 – 449 ft11.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.32408, -72.49372
Nearest town Pond Meadow, CT

Directions

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Butter Jones Road

10.6 mi · ▲ 423 ft · 3 hr 45 min

Elevation 126–451 ft

Out & Back · Cockaponset State Forest

Trailhead: 41.32408, -72.49372

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  3. 450 ftBear left, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  8. 1.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  9. 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
  10. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  12. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  13. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  15. 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
  16. 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
  17. 1.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  18. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  20. 100 ftTurn left onto Butter Jones Road, heading NW.
  21. 200 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  22. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  23. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  25. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  26. 1.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  27. 300 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  28. 0.8 miBear right, heading SW.
  29. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  30. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  31. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  32. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  33. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  34. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  35. 1.1 miBear right, heading E.
  36. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  37. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  38. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  39. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  40. 450 ftBear left, heading S.
  41. 250 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

92% dirt8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~39 min). Leave by 5:54 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:44 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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