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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.

Elevation

0 mi341 – 715 ft · steepest grade: 17%6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.41388, -72.73120
Nearest town Beaver Head Corner, CT
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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 Sep 20: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 200 ftSharp left, heading E.
  3. 1.4 miBear right onto New England Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left onto Cooks Lane Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.6 miTurn left onto Lone Pine Trail, heading N.
  7. 1.3 miSharp left onto New England Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  10. 1.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftArrive 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/cooks-lane-trail-lone-pine-trail-out-back

Trail surface

68% dirt32% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 6:32 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:10 PM — 11 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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