Lake Gaillard Watershed Reserve Land
Cooks Lane Trail & Lone Pine Trail via New England Trail
5.9 mi · ▲ 557 ft · 2 hr 15 min
Cooks Lane Trail & Lone Pine Trail via New England Trail is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Gaillard Watershed Reserve Land near Beaver Head Corner, CT. It climbs 557 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Cooks Lane Trail & Lone Pine Trail via New England Trail
5.9 mi · ▲ 557 ft · 2 hr 15 min
Elevation 341–716 ft
Out & Back · Lake Gaillard Watershed Reserve Land
Trailhead: 41.41388, -72.73120
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 78°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:06 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 200 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 1.4 miBear right onto New England Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Cooks Lane Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Lone Pine Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miSharp left onto New England Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive 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 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:44 PM for the 8:06 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:23 PM — 14 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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More from this trailhead
- Cooks Lane Trail via New England Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 111 ft
- New England Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 138 ft
- New England Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 392 ft
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