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Cockaponset State Forest

Cedar Lake & Hazen Yellow Trail via Hazen Red Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 450 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Cedar Lake & Hazen Yellow Trail via Hazen Red Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Cockaponset State Forest near Cedar Lake, CT. The route reaches Cedar Lake at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 450 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi289 – 492 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.41045, -72.51717
Nearest town Cedar Lake, CT
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Cedar Lake & Hazen Yellow Trail via Hazen Red Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 450 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Elevation 290–491 ft

Out & Back · Cockaponset State Forest

Trailhead: 41.41045, -72.51717

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 79°F / low 65° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:06 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
  5. 0.9 miSharp left, heading SE.
  6. 0.5 miTurn right onto Hazen Yellow Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.1 miReach Cedar Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left onto Hazen Red Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.5 miSharp right, heading NW.
  10. 0.9 miSharp left, heading NW.
  11. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  13. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/cedar-lake-hazen-yellow-trail-out-back-8-km-7437

Trail surface

78% dirt22% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 79°F65°
Precip0%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity76%
Rained 1.9″ yesterday (3.5″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°65°
Sunrise 5:48 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:06 PM
Wed 78°64°
Thu 88°70°
Fri 93°71° 26%
Sat 91°70° 32%
Sun 91°70° 18%
Mon 96°73°

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