Cockaponset State Forest

Butter Jones Road

12.3 mi · ▲ 644 ft · 4 hr 25 min

Butter Jones Road is a 12.3-mile out-and-back in Cockaponset State Forest near Kelseytown, CT. It climbs 644 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi36 – 449 ft13.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.30801, -72.49935
Nearest town Kelseytown, CT

Directions

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Butter Jones Road

12.3 mi · ▲ 644 ft · 4 hr 25 min

Elevation 37–451 ft

Out & Back · Cockaponset State Forest

Trailhead: 41.30801, -72.49935

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:51 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  3. 0.4 miSharp left, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  6. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  7. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  8. 350 ftBear left, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  11. 1.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  12. 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  13. 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
  14. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  15. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  16. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  18. 0.8 miTurn right, heading NW.
  19. 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  20. 1.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  21. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  22. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  23. 50 ftTurn left onto Butter Jones Road, heading NW.
  24. 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  25. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  26. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  27. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  28. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  29. 1.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  30. 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  31. 0.8 miBear right, heading SW.
  32. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  33. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  34. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  35. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  36. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  37. 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
  38. 1.1 miBear right, heading S.
  39. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  40. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  41. 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
  42. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  43. 100 ftSharp left, heading S.
  44. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  45. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
  46. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  47. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

78% dirt22% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:51 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.2 mi in (~64 min). Leave by 5:27 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:03 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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