Pine Acres Lake & Cedar Swamp Road via Duffy Road is a 15.1-mile out-and-back in Airline State Park Trail (Northern Section) near Abington, CT. The route reaches Pine Acres Lake. It climbs 472 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 32/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Pine Acres Lake & Cedar Swamp Road via Duffy Road
15.1 mi · ▲ 472 ft · 5 hr 16 min
Elevation 572–717 ft
Out & Back · Airline State Park Trail (Northern Section)
Trailhead: Duffy Road · 41.84989, -72.00691
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Duffy Road, heading S.
- 1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 5 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 500 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miPass Pine Acres Lake.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Cedar Swamp Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Pine Acres Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 500 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 5 miTurn left onto Duffy Road, heading E.
- 0.9 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 0.5 mi in (~14 min). Leave by 6:17 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:17 PM — 1 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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