Pattaconk Reservoir & Hackney Pond via Old County Road is a 6.9-mile out-and-back in Cockaponset State Forest near Cedar Lake, CT. The route passes Pattaconk Reservoir before reaching Hackney Pond at the turnaround, 3.4 miles in. It climbs 461 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi279 – 495 ft7.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Filley Road 41.39134, -72.51517
Nearest town Cedar Lake, CT
Directions
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Pattaconk Reservoir & Hackney Pond via Old County Road
6.9 mi · ▲ 461 ft · 2 hr 32 min
Elevation 279–495 ft
Out & Back · Cockaponset State Forest
Trailhead: Filley Road · 41.39134, -72.51517
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear left, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Filley Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Pattaconk Reservoir.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Old County Road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miPass Hackney Pond.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Pattaconk Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Filley Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 300 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
89% dirt10% gravel1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:51 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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