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Cockaponset State Forest

Whitney Pond–Cream Pot Road, 4 sights

15.1 mi · ▲ 1,036 ft · 5 hr 33 min

Whitney Pond–Cream Pot Road, 4 sights is a 15.1-mile out-and-back in Cockaponset State Forest near Nut Plains, CT. The route reaches Whitney Pond at the turnaround, 7.5 miles in. It climbs 1,036 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi174 – 548 ft17.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: New England Trail 41.35328, -72.68495
Nearest town Nut Plains, CT
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Whitney Pond–Cream Pot Road, 4 sights

15.1 mi · ▲ 1,036 ft · 5 hr 33 min

Elevation 174–549 ft

Out & Back · Cockaponset State Forest

Trailhead: New England Trail · 41.35328, -72.68495

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on New England Trail, heading N.
  2. 1.8 miBear left onto Hart Road, heading NE.
  3. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Race Hill Road, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right onto New England Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.7 miSharp left, heading NE.
  6. 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right onto Goat Lot Road, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  9. 0.6 miBear left onto New England Trail, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftTurn right onto Rockland Road, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading W.
  12. 1.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  13. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Gracie, heading N.
  14. 200 ftContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Crooked Hill Road, heading NE.
  16. 0.1 miBear left onto New England Trail, heading NE.
  17. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right onto Whitney Road, heading NE.
  19. 0.1 miBear left onto Dead Hill Road, heading N.
  20. 150 ftBear left onto Mag-5, heading N.
  21. 150 ftContinue straight onto Dead Hill Road, heading N.
  22. 50 ftSharp left onto Mag-5, heading N.
  23. 50 ftSharp right onto Dead Hill Road, heading N.
  24. 0.1 miTurn left onto Cream Pot Road, heading N.
  25. 50 ftBear left onto New England Trail, heading NE.
  26. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cream Pot Road, heading NE.
  27. 50 ftContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading NE.
  28. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cream Pot Road, heading NE.
  29. 0.2 miTurn right onto Northern Exposure, heading N.
  30. 50 ftBear left onto Cream Pot Road, heading N.
  31. 50 ftContinue straight onto Northern Exposure, heading N.
  32. 100 ftContinue straight onto Cream Pot Road, heading N.
  33. 350 ftContinue straight onto Northern Exposure, heading NE.
  34. 50 ftReach Whitney Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  35. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cream Pot Road, heading NE.
  36. 350 ftContinue straight onto Northern Exposure, heading NE.
  37. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cream Pot Road, heading NE.
  38. 50 ftBear right onto Northern Exposure, heading NE.
  39. 50 ftTurn left onto Cream Pot Road, heading NE.
  40. 0.2 miContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading NW.
  41. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cream Pot Road, heading NW.
  42. 50 ftContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading NW.
  43. 50 ftBear right onto Cream Pot Road, heading NW.
  44. 50 ftTurn right onto Dead Hill Road, heading NW.
  45. 0.1 miSharp left onto Mag-5, heading W.
  46. 50 ftSharp right onto Dead Hill Road, heading W.
  47. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mag-5, heading W.
  48. 150 ftBear right onto Dead Hill Road, heading SW.
  49. 150 ftBear right onto Whitney Road, heading S.
  50. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  51. 0.2 miBear left onto New England Trail, heading N.
  52. 0.4 miBear right onto Crooked Hill Road, heading NE.
  53. 0.1 miContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading N.
  54. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Gracie, heading S.
  55. 200 ftContinue straight onto New England Trail, heading S.
  56. 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
  57. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  58. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Rockland Road, heading SW.
  59. 0.2 miTurn left onto New England Trail, heading SW.
  60. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  61. 0.6 miTurn right onto Goat Lot Road, heading E.
  62. 0.2 miTurn left onto New England Trail, heading S.
  63. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  64. 250 ftSharp left, heading S.
  65. 0.7 miTurn left onto Race Hill Road, heading S.
  66. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Hart Road, heading SW.
  67. 0.1 miBear right onto New England Trail, heading S.
  68. 1.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/whitney-pond-cream-pot-road-out-back-6-sights

Trail surface

82% dirt1% gravel17% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.5 mi in (~176 min). Leave by 3:37 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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