Cockaponset State Forest

Oxbow Road

2.7 mi · ▲ 315 ft · 1 hr 3 min

Oxbow Road is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Cockaponset State Forest near Lakeridge Heights, CT. It climbs 315 ft. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi518 – 669 ft2.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.48846, -72.61261
Nearest town Lakeridge Heights, CT

Directions

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Oxbow Road

2.7 mi · ▲ 315 ft · 1 hr 3 min

Elevation 518–670 ft

Out & Back · Cockaponset State Forest

Trailhead: 41.48846, -72.61261

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  3. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 0.7 miBear left onto Oxbow Road, heading W.
  6. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  7. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  8. 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  9. 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  11. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

11% dirt89% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:53 PM

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