Tower Hill Lake via Spuce Ledge Road
10.5 mi · ▲ 694 ft · 3 hr 51 min
Tower Hill Lake via Spuce Ledge Road is a 10.5-mile out-and-back in Cockaponset State Forest near Kelseytown, CT. The route reaches Tower Hill Lake at the turnaround, 5.3 miles in. It climbs 694 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Tower Hill Lake via Spuce Ledge Road
10.5 mi · ▲ 694 ft · 3 hr 51 min
Elevation 37–407 ft
Out & Back · Cockaponset State Forest
Trailhead: 41.30801, -72.49935
Weather Aug 4: Heavy rain, high 78°F / low 69° · precip 90% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:06 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Spuce Ledge Road, heading N.
- 0.4 miReach Tower Hill Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~59 min). Leave by 6:47 PM for the 8:06 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:14 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Horse Hill Woods Open Space Viewpoint 2.6 mi · ▲ 355 ft
- Messerschmidt Pond & Horse Pond 6.6 mi · ▲ 571 ft
- Spuce Ledge Road 9.9 mi · ▲ 684 ft
- Spuce Ledge Road 10 mi · ▲ 641 ft
- Tower Hill Road 10.3 mi · ▲ 709 ft
- Spuce Ledge Road 11.3 mi · ▲ 771 ft
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