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Cockaponset State Forest

Meeting House Road & Old Ponsett Road

2.4 mi · ▲ 309 ft · 57 min

Meeting House Road & Old Ponsett Road is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Cockaponset State Forest near Ponset, CT. It climbs 309 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi194 – 371 ft · steepest grade: 17%2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old Ponsett Road 41.46496, -72.53823
Nearest town Ponset, CT
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Meeting House Road & Old Ponsett Road

2.4 mi · ▲ 309 ft · 57 min

Elevation 193–371 ft

Out & Back · Cockaponset State Forest

Trailhead: Old Ponsett Road · 41.46496, -72.53823

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Old Ponsett Road, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
  3. 0.5 miSharp left onto Meeting House Road, heading E.
  4. 0.6 miReach Old Ponsett Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.6 miSharp right, heading S.
  6. 0.5 miSharp left onto Old Ponsett Road, heading W.
  7. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/meeting-house-road-old-ponsett-road-out-back-4-km-5738

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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