Spuce Ledge Road
9.7 mi · ▲ 480 ft · 3 hr 28 min
Spuce Ledge Road is a 9.7-mile out-and-back in Cockaponset State Forest near Pond Meadow, CT. It climbs 480 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Spuce Ledge Road
9.7 mi · ▲ 480 ft · 3 hr 28 min
Elevation 125–449 ft
Out & Back · Cockaponset State Forest
Trailhead: 41.32408, -72.49372
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 450 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn 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 N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Spuce Ledge Road, heading N.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 400 ftBear right, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 450 ftBear left, heading S.
- 400 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~38 min). Leave by 5:54 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:43 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.2 mi · loop · via Spuce Ledge Road
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Spuce Ledge Road
- 2.7 mi · out & back · via Spuce Ledge Road
- 3.4 mi · loop · via Spuce Ledge Road
- 3.7 mi · out & back · via Spuce Ledge Road
- 3.8 mi · out & back · via Spuce Ledge Road
- 4 mi · out & back · via Spuce Ledge Road
- 4 mi · out & back · via Spuce Ledge Road
More from this trailhead
- Butter Jones Road 10.6 mi · ▲ 423 ft
- Spuce Ledge Road 8.4 mi · ▲ 420 ft
- Horse Pond 4.9 mi · ▲ 312 ft
- Tower Hill Road 6.1 mi · ▲ 338 ft
- Tower Hill Road via Spuce Ledge Road 9.1 mi · ▲ 458 ft
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