Pratt Read Reservoir & CCC Firepool via Pine Ledge Road is a 3-mile out-and-back in Cockaponset State Forest near Chester, CT. The route passes CCC Firepool before reaching Pratt Read Reservoir at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It climbs 289 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi135 – 312 ft3.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.39351, -72.47161
Nearest town Chester, CT
Directions
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Pratt Read Reservoir & CCC Firepool via Pine Ledge Road
3 mi · ▲ 289 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Elevation 135–313 ft
Out & Back · Cockaponset State Forest
Trailhead: 41.39351, -72.47161
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Pine Ledge Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass CCC Firepool.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach Pratt Read Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.6 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
85% dirt15% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:52 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 6:28 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:12 PM — 8 min before dark.
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- CCC Firepool & Shailer Pond via Pine Ledge Road 5.8 mi · ▲ 385 ft
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