Upper Guilford Lake–Gracie, 4 sights
15.2 mi · ▲ 1,066 ft · 5 hr 36 min
Upper Guilford Lake–Gracie, 4 sights is a 15.2-mile out-and-back in Cockaponset State Forest near Nut Plains, CT. The route reaches Upper Guilford Lake. It climbs 1,066 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Upper Guilford Lake–Gracie, 4 sights
15.2 mi · ▲ 1,066 ft · 5 hr 36 min
Elevation 58–569 ft
Out & Back · Cockaponset State Forest
Trailhead: White Trail · 41.33573, -72.69116
Weather Sep 20: Rain, high 65°F / low 59° · precip 82% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on White Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto White Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftPass Upper Guilford Lake.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Yellow Cross Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto New England Trail, heading N.
- 2.4 miBear left onto Hart Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Race Hill Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto New England Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Goat Lot Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear left onto New England Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Rockland Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Gracie, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Bee Line, heading W.
- 350 ftBear left onto Dave Houston Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftReach Upper Guilford Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftBear right onto Bee Line, heading N.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left onto Gracie, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Rockland Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto New England Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Goat Lot Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto New England Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Race Hill Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Hart Road, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto New England Trail, heading SW.
- 2.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Yellow Cross Trail, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto White Trail, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right onto White Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 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 1.0 mi in (~30 min). Leave by 6:04 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:34 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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