Tower Hill Lake & Horse Pond
3.8 mi · ▲ 224 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Tower Hill Lake & Horse Pond is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Cockaponset State Forest near Lake View, CT. The route passes Horse Pond before reaching Tower Hill Lake at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 224 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Tower Hill Lake & Horse Pond
3.8 mi · ▲ 224 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Elevation 186–359 ft
Out & Back · Cockaponset State Forest
Trailhead: 41.34416, -72.49798
Weather Aug 3: Heavy rain, high 78°F / low 69° · precip 88% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:06 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Horse Pond.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftReach Tower Hill Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 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 E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Horse Pond & Tower Hill Road 3.2 mi · ▲ 196 ft
- Horse Hill Woods Open Space Viewpoint & Horse Pond 4.7 mi · ▲ 374 ft
- Horse Hill Woods Open Space Viewpoint & Horse Pond 5.2 mi · ▲ 356 ft
- Tower Hill Lake & Horse Pond via Spuce Ledge Road 5.7 mi · ▲ 341 ft
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