Butter Jones Road & Tower Hill Road via Spuce Ledge Road
7.6 mi · ▲ 311 ft · 2 hr 41 min
Butter Jones Road & Tower Hill Road via Spuce Ledge Road is a 7.6-mile out-and-back in Cockaponset State Forest near Lake View, CT. It climbs 311 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Butter Jones Road & Tower Hill Road via Spuce Ledge Road
7.6 mi · ▲ 311 ft · 2 hr 41 min
Elevation 206–451 ft
Out & Back · Cockaponset State Forest
Trailhead: Tower Hill Road · 41.33328, -72.52070
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 78°F / low 64° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:06 PM
- Start on Tower Hill Road, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Butter Jones Road, heading N.
- 250 ftReach Tower Hill Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Kelsey Town Road, heading SW.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.3 mi in (~87 min). Leave by 6:20 PM for the 8:06 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:43 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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