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.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Butter Jones Road, heading NW.
- 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miArrive 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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Weather
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.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 3 mi · out & back · via Butter Jones Road
- 3.9 mi · out & back · via Butter Jones Road
- 5.5 mi · out & back · via Butter Jones Road
- 5.7 mi · out & back · via Butter Jones Road
- 5.9 mi · out & back · via Butter Jones Road
- 6 mi · out & back · via Butter Jones Road
- 8.4 mi · out & back · via Butter Jones Road
- 8.5 mi · out & back · via Butter Jones Road
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