AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Cockaponset State Forest

Tower Hill Lake & Horse Pond via Spuce Ledge Road

5.7 mi · ▲ 341 ft · 2 hr 4 min

Tower Hill Lake & Horse Pond via Spuce Ledge Road is a 5.7-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, 2.7 miles in. It climbs 341 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi187 – 417 ft6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.34416, -72.49798
Nearest town Lake View, CT
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Tower Hill Lake & Horse Pond via Spuce Ledge Road

5.7 mi · ▲ 341 ft · 2 hr 4 min

Elevation 186–418 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. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  16. 0.3 miTurn right onto Spuce Ledge Road, heading NE.
  17. 0.4 miPass Tower Hill Lake.
  18. 150 ftSharp left, heading S.
  19. 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
  20. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  22. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  23. 0.8 miBear right, heading S.
  24. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  25. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  26. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  27. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  28. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  29. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  30. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  31. 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-tower-hill-lake-out-back-4-lakes-8-km-abda

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~65 min). Leave by 5:28 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:08 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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