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Cockaponset State Forest

Tower Hill Road via Spuce Ledge Road

7.4 mi · ▲ 422 ft · 2 hr 41 min

Tower Hill Road via Spuce Ledge Road is a 7.4-mile out-and-back in Cockaponset State Forest near Lake View, CT. It climbs 422 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi207 – 427 ft7.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.37395, -72.50446
Nearest town Lake View, CT
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Tower Hill Road via Spuce Ledge Road

7.4 mi · ▲ 422 ft · 2 hr 41 min

Elevation 206–427 ft

Out & Back · Cockaponset State Forest

Trailhead: 41.37395, -72.50446

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  4. 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
  5. 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  9. 0.8 miBear right, heading S.
  10. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  11. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  12. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  13. 0.1 miBear left onto Kelsey Town Road, heading SW.
  14. 0.6 miReach Tower Hill Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.4 miSharp right, heading NE.
  16. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  17. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  19. 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  21. 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
  22. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  23. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  24. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  25. 0.3 miBear left onto Spuce Ledge Road, heading N.
  26. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  27. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  28. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  29. 450 ftBear right, heading N.
  30. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  31. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/tower-hill-road-out-back-12-km

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.3 mi in (~83 min). Leave by 5:09 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:35 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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