AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Cowles Park

Six Flags

2.8 mi · ▲ 338 ft · 1 hr 6 min

Six Flags is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Cowles Park near Tariffville, CT. It climbs 338 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi171 – 331 ft · steepest grade: 20%3.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.91146, -72.74663
Nearest town Tariffville, CT
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Six Flags

2.8 mi · ▲ 338 ft · 1 hr 6 min

Elevation 169–333 ft

Out & Back · Cowles Park

Trailhead: 41.91146, -72.74663

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:07 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  4. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  5. 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right onto power cut road, heading W.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  8. 300 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  9. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  10. 400 ftTurn left onto Six Flags, heading N.
  11. 0.7 miReach Six Flags, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
  13. 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  15. 250 ftBear right onto power cut road, heading S.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  17. 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  19. 400 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  20. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  21. 50 ftArrive 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/six-flags-taj-mahal-out-back-5-km-942e

Trail surface

76% dirt24% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:07 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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