Cockaponset State Forest

Tower Hill Road

10.3 mi · ▲ 709 ft · 3 hr 47 min

Tower Hill Road is a 10.3-mile out-and-back in Cockaponset State Forest near Kelseytown, CT. It climbs 709 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi36 – 440 ft11.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.30801, -72.49935
Nearest town Kelseytown, CT

Directions

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Tower Hill Road

10.3 mi · ▲ 709 ft · 3 hr 47 min

Elevation 37–440 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. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  4. 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  8. 500 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  10. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  12. 1.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  13. 400 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  14. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
  15. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  16. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  19. 0.8 miTurn right, heading NW.
  20. 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  21. 0.6 miTurn left onto Tower Hill Road, heading N.
  22. 0.2 miReach Tower Hill Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  24. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
  25. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  26. 0.8 miBear right, heading S.
  27. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  28. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  29. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  30. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  31. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  32. 400 ftTurn right, heading S.
  33. 1.1 miBear right, heading E.
  34. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  35. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  36. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  37. 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
  38. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  39. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  40. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  41. 350 ftBear left, heading E.
  42. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  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 surface

77% dirt23% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~61 min). Leave by 5:31 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:02 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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