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Meshomasic State Forest

State Park Pond via Woodchoppers Road

4 mi · ▲ 596 ft · 1 hr 38 min

State Park Pond via Woodchoppers Road is a 4-mile out-and-back in Meshomasic State Forest near Cobalt, CT. The route reaches State Park Pond at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 596 ft. It scores 73/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi486 – 807 ft4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Woodchoppers Road 41.60174, -72.55468
Nearest town Cobalt, CT
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State Park Pond via Woodchoppers Road

4 mi · ▲ 596 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Elevation 485–806 ft

Out & Back · Meshomasic State Forest

Trailhead: Woodchoppers Road · 41.60174, -72.55468

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Woodchoppers Road, heading S.
  2. 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  4. 150 ftTurn left onto Shenipsit Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
  6. 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
  7. 0.1 miReach State Park Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  9. 1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  10. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 0.4 miBear left onto Woodchoppers Road, heading NE.
  12. 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
  13. 0.4 miArrive 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/state-park-pond-state-park-pond-out-back-4-km-4180

Trail surface

53% dirt22% gravel4% grass21% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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