AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Cockaponset State Forest

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.

Elevation

0 mi187 – 361 ft4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.34416, -72.49798
Nearest town Lake View, CT
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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 Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftPass Horse Pond.
  3. 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
  4. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  5. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  6. 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
  10. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  12. 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  15. 250 ftReach Tower Hill Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 200 ftBear right, heading E.
  17. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  18. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  19. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
  20. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  21. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
  22. 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  24. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  25. 350 ftBear right, heading S.
  26. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  27. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  28. 50 ftArrive 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/tower-hill-lake-horse-pond-out-back-3-lakes

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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