Tower Hill Road via Spuce Ledge Road
9.1 mi · ▲ 411 ft · 3 hr 14 min
Tower Hill Road via Spuce Ledge Road is a 9.1-mile out-and-back in Cockaponset State Forest near Lake View, CT. It climbs 411 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 28/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Tower Hill Road via Spuce Ledge Road
9.1 mi · ▲ 411 ft · 3 hr 14 min
Elevation 206–451 ft
Out & Back · Cockaponset State Forest
Trailhead: 41.36484, -72.52635
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Kelsey Town Road, heading SW.
- 0.6 miReach Tower Hill Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Spuce Ledge Road, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.4 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 1.4 mi in (~37 min). Leave by 5:56 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:43 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.2 mi · loop · via Spuce Ledge Road
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Spuce Ledge Road
- 2.7 mi · out & back · via Spuce Ledge Road
- 3.4 mi · loop · via Spuce Ledge Road
- 3.7 mi · out & back · via Spuce Ledge Road
- 3.8 mi · out & back · via Spuce Ledge Road
- 4 mi · out & back · via Spuce Ledge Road
- 4 mi · out & back · via Spuce Ledge Road
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