The Cascade & State Forest Quarry #1 Loop
4.4 mi · ▲ 460 ft · 1 hr 42 min
The Cascade & State Forest Quarry #1 Loop is a 4.4-mile loop in Meshomasic State Forest near Lake Pocotopaug, CT. The route passes State Forest Quarry #1 and The Cascade. It climbs 460 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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The Cascade & State Forest Quarry #1 Loop
4.4 mi · ▲ 460 ft · 1 hr 42 min
Elevation 559–907 ft
Loop · Meshomasic State Forest
Trailhead: Woodchoppers Road · 41.59391, -72.54312
Weather Aug 3: Heavy showers, high 75°F / low 67° · precip 98% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftPass State Forest Quarry #1.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miPass The Cascade.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miThe loop closes 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Woodchoppers Road Trailhead
- State Forest Quarry #1 & Hulseman Pond 2.9 mi · ▲ 223 ft
- Gulf Hill–Kelseys Pond, 3 summits 3.7 mi · ▲ 505 ft
- Cranberry Bog & Woodchoppers Road 4.8 mi · ▲ 580 ft
- The Cascade–Del Reeves Marsh, 3 sights 7.8 mi · ▲ 1,008 ft
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