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Cockaponset State Forest

Chatfield Hollow State Park Beach & East Woods Trail via Lookout Trail

3.2 mi · ▲ 679 ft · 1 hr 24 min

Chatfield Hollow State Park Beach & East Woods Trail via Lookout Trail is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Cockaponset State Forest near Killingworth, CT. The route reaches Chatfield Hollow State Park Beach. It climbs 679 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi164 – 397 ft · steepest grade: 20%3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Covered Bridge Trail 41.37311, -72.59234
Nearest town Killingworth, CT
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Chatfield Hollow State Park Beach & East Woods Trail via Lookout Trail

3.2 mi · ▲ 679 ft · 1 hr 24 min

Elevation 165–395 ft

Out & Back · Cockaponset State Forest

Trailhead: Covered Bridge Trail · 41.37311, -72.59234

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Covered Bridge Trail, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftPass Chatfield Hollow State Park Beach.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  4. 150 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left onto Lookout Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.5 miContinue straight onto East Woods Trail, heading NE.
  7. 300 ftContinue straight onto Buck Road, heading N.
  8. 450 ftTurn left onto East Woods Connector, heading NE.
  9. 300 ftSharp right onto East Woods Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.4 miReach Chatfield Hollow State Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.4 miSharp left onto East Woods Connector, heading W.
  12. 350 ftTurn right onto Buck Road, heading NW.
  13. 400 ftContinue straight onto East Woods Trail, heading SE.
  14. 300 ftContinue straight onto Lookout Trail, heading SW.
  15. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  17. 0.5 miTurn right onto Covered Bridge Trail, heading N.
  18. 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/schreeder-pond-schreeder-pond-out-back-4-beaches-4-km-e6f7

Trail surface

5% gravel95% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~25 min). Leave by 6:08 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:28 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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