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James Valley Preserve

Cooks Lane Trail & Lone Pine Trail Loop via New England Trail

3 mi · ▲ 487 ft · 1 hr 15 min

Cooks Lane Trail & Lone Pine Trail Loop via New England Trail is a 3-mile loop in James Valley Preserve near Beaver Head Corner, CT. It climbs 487 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 46/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi341 – 715 ft · steepest grade: 20%3.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.41883, -72.71105
Nearest town Beaver Head Corner, CT
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Cooks Lane Trail & Lone Pine Trail Loop via New England Trail

3 mi · ▲ 487 ft · 1 hr 15 min

Elevation 341–716 ft

Loop · James Valley Preserve

Trailhead: 41.41883, -72.71105

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto New England Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.8 miSharp right onto Lone Pine Trail, heading NW.
  4. 1.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  5. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Cooks Lane Trail, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 400 ftThe loop closes 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-loop

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 6:29 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:11 PM — 10 min before dark.

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