Whitney Pond & Cream Pot Road via New England Trail
6 mi · ▲ 538 ft · 2 hr 16 min
Whitney Pond & Cream Pot Road via New England Trail is a 6-mile out-and-back in Cockaponset State Forest near Durham Center, CT. The route reaches Whitney Pond at the turnaround, 3 miles in. It climbs 538 ft. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Whitney Pond & Cream Pot Road via New England Trail
6 mi · ▲ 538 ft · 2 hr 16 min
Elevation 333–580 ft
Out & Back · Cockaponset State Forest
Trailhead: 41.45779, -72.65125
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 1 miTurn left onto New England Trail, heading N.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Poole Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Dead Hill Road, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Cream Pot Road, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto New England Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Cream Pot Road, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Cream Pot Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Northern Exposure, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Cream Pot Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach Whitney Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right onto Northern Exposure, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Cream Pot Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Cream Pot Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Cream Pot Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Dead Hill Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Poole Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading S.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 500 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~13 min). Leave by 6:20 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:23 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- New England Trail 5.3 mi · ▲ 508 ft
- New England Trail 5.3 mi · ▲ 540 ft
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