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Pine Acres Lake & Cedar Swamp Road via Duffy Road is a 15.1-mile out-and-back in Airline State Park Trail (Northern Section) near Abington, CT. The route reaches Pine Acres Lake. It climbs 472 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 32/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi571 – 719 ft · steepest grade: 17%15.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Duffy Road 41.84989, -72.00691
Nearest town Abington, CT

Directions

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Pine Acres Lake & Cedar Swamp Road via Duffy Road

15.1 mi · ▲ 472 ft · 5 hr 16 min

Elevation 572–717 ft

Out & Back · Airline State Park Trail (Northern Section)

Trailhead: Duffy Road · 41.84989, -72.00691

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 6:51 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Duffy Road, heading S.
  2. 1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 5 miSharp left, heading SE.
  4. 500 ftBear right, heading SW.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  6. 0.4 miPass Pine Acres Lake.
  7. 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  8. 0.4 miSharp left onto Cedar Swamp Road, heading SW.
  9. 0.3 miReach Pine Acres Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
  11. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  12. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  13. 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  14. 500 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  15. 5 miTurn left onto Duffy Road, heading E.
  16. 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

34% dirt32% gravel34% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 6:51 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~14 min). Leave by 6:17 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:17 PM — 1 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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