CCC Firepool & Drop Pond via Pine Ledge Road is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in Cockaponset State Forest near Winthrop, CT. The route passes CCC Firepool before reaching Drop Pond at the turnaround, 4.3 miles in. It climbs 675 ft. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi108 – 427 ft8.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.38835, -72.47870
Nearest town Winthrop, CT
Directions
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CCC Firepool & Drop Pond via Pine Ledge Road
8.7 mi · ▲ 675 ft · 3 hr 14 min
Elevation 108–428 ft
Out & Back · Cockaponset State Forest
Trailhead: 41.38835, -72.47870
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Cedar Swamp Road, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto North Pine Ledge Road, heading SE.
- 2 miPass CCC Firepool.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Pine Ledge Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.6 miPass Drop Pond.
- 150 ftReach CCC Firepool, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading W.
- 2.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Cedar Swamp Road, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
- 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.
Trail surface
54% gravel31% dirt15% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:52 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.9 mi in (~77 min). Leave by 5:15 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:23 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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