State Park Pond & Woodchoppers Road
5 mi · ▲ 727 ft · 2 hr 2 min
State Park Pond & Woodchoppers Road is a 5-mile out-and-back in Meshomasic State Forest near Fogelmarks Corners, CT. The route reaches State Park Pond at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 727 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi292 – 807 ft · steepest grade: 18%5.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Cox Road 41.60508, -72.56452
Nearest town Fogelmarks Corners, CT
Directions
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State Park Pond & Woodchoppers Road
5 mi · ▲ 727 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Elevation 293–806 ft
Out & Back · Meshomasic State Forest
Trailhead: Cox Road · 41.60508, -72.56452
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
- Start on Cox Road, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Woodchoppers Road, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Shenipsit Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading S.
- 150 ftReach State Park Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Woodchoppers Road, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Cox Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 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
41% gravel38% dirt4% grass1% paved16% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM
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