Cockaponset State Forest

Butter Jones Road

11 mi · ▲ 612 ft · 3 hr 58 min

Butter Jones Road is an 11-mile out-and-back in Cockaponset State Forest near Pond Meadow, CT. It climbs 612 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi105 – 449 ft11.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.32011, -72.49419
Nearest town Pond Meadow, CT

Directions

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Butter Jones Road

11 mi · ▲ 612 ft · 3 hr 58 min

Elevation 104–451 ft

Out & Back · Cockaponset State Forest

Trailhead: 41.32011, -72.49419

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:05 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  6. 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  8. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  9. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  10. 1.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  11. 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
  12. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  14. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  15. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  17. 0.8 miTurn right, heading NW.
  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. 100 ftTurn left onto Butter Jones Road, heading NW.
  23. 200 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  24. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  25. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  26. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  27. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  28. 1.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  29. 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  30. 0.8 miBear right, heading SW.
  31. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  32. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  33. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  34. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  35. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  36. 400 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  37. 1.1 miBear right, heading E.
  38. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  39. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  40. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  41. 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
  42. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  43. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  44. 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
  45. 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

89% dirt11% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:05 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.4 mi in (~120 min). Leave by 5:45 PM for the 8:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:13 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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