Lake Gaillard Watershed Reserve Land
Cooks Lane Trail via New England Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Cooks Lane Trail via New England Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Lake Gaillard Watershed Reserve Land near Beaver Head Corner, CT. It is mostly level, with 111 ft of elevation gain. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Cooks Lane Trail via New England Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Elevation 621–716 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.
- 50 ftReach Cooks Lane Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto New England Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
- 1.4 miSharp right, heading N.
- 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
- New England Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 138 ft
- New England Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 392 ft
- Cooks Lane Trail & Lone Pine Trail via New England Trail 5.9 mi · ▲ 557 ft
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