Tower Hill Road via Spuce Ledge Road
9.1 mi · ▲ 458 ft · 3 hr 16 min
Tower Hill Road via Spuce Ledge Road is a 9.1-mile out-and-back in Cockaponset State Forest near Pond Meadow, CT. It climbs 458 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Tower Hill Road via Spuce Ledge Road
9.1 mi · ▲ 458 ft · 3 hr 16 min
Elevation 125–440 ft
Out & Back · Cockaponset State Forest
Trailhead: 41.32408, -72.49372
Weather Aug 4: Heavy rain, high 78°F / low 69° · precip 89% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 450 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Tower Hill Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Tower Hill Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Spuce Ledge Road, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 450 ftBear left, heading S.
- 450 ftArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.5 mi in (~124 min). Leave by 5:41 PM for the 8:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:15 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Horse Pond 4.9 mi · ▲ 312 ft
- Tower Hill Road 6.1 mi · ▲ 338 ft
- Spuce Ledge Road 8.4 mi · ▲ 420 ft
- Spuce Ledge Road 9.7 mi · ▲ 480 ft
- Butter Jones Road 10.6 mi · ▲ 423 ft
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