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Cockaponset State Forest

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.

Elevation

0 mi36 – 407 ft11.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.30801, -72.49935
Nearest town Kelseytown, CT
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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 Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  3. 0.4 miSharp left, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  6. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  7. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  8. 350 ftBear left, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  11. 1.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  12. 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  13. 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
  14. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  15. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  16. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  18. 0.8 miTurn right, heading NW.
  19. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  20. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  21. 0.3 miTurn right onto Spuce Ledge Road, heading N.
  22. 0.4 miReach Tower Hill Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  23. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  24. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  25. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
  26. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  27. 0.8 miBear right, heading SE.
  28. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  29. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  30. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  31. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  32. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  33. 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  34. 1.1 miBear right, heading E.
  35. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  36. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  37. 350 ftBear right, heading S.
  38. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  39. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  40. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  41. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
  42. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  43. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/tower-hill-lake-out-back-17-km

Trail surface

75% dirt25% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.2 mi in (~64 min). Leave by 5:29 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:04 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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