Butter Jones Road
3 mi · ▲ 109 ft · 1 hr 3 min
Butter Jones Road is a 3-mile out-and-back in Cockaponset State Forest near Lake View, CT. It is mostly level, with 109 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Butter Jones Road
3 mi · ▲ 109 ft · 1 hr 3 min
Elevation 357–444 ft
Out & Back · Cockaponset State Forest
Trailhead: 41.36484, -72.52635
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 79°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Butter Jones Road, heading NE.
- 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 SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.5 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~28 min). Leave by 7:17 PM for the 8:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:48 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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