Spuce Ledge Road
8.7 mi · ▲ 587 ft · 3 hr 12 min
Spuce Ledge Road is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in Cockaponset State Forest near Pond Meadow, CT. It climbs 587 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi105 – 417 ft9.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.32011, -72.49419
Nearest town Pond Meadow, CT
Directions
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Spuce Ledge Road
8.7 mi · ▲ 587 ft · 3 hr 12 min
Elevation 104–418 ft
Out & Back · Cockaponset State Forest
Trailhead: 41.32011, -72.49419
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Spuce Ledge Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 350 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
86% dirt14% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:05 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~40 min). Leave by 7:05 PM for the 8:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:56 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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