Cranberry Bog & Woodchoppers Road
6 mi · ▲ 724 ft · 2 hr 22 min
Cranberry Bog & Woodchoppers Road is a 6-mile out-and-back in Meshomasic State Forest near Lake Pocotopaug, CT. The route reaches Cranberry Bog at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It climbs 724 ft. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi259 – 771 ft6.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Woodchoppers Road 41.58755, -72.53683
Nearest town Lake Pocotopaug, CT
Directions
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Cranberry Bog & Woodchoppers Road
6 mi · ▲ 724 ft · 2 hr 22 min
Elevation 258–772 ft
Out & Back · Meshomasic State Forest
Trailhead: Woodchoppers Road · 41.58755, -72.53683
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
- Start on Woodchoppers Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Cox Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 250 ftReach Cranberry Bog, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Woodchoppers Road, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
53% gravel3% dirt44% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM
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