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Pachaug State Forest

Pachaug State Forest Viewpoint & Bear Cave via Coal Pit Hill Road

9.4 mi · ▲ 944 ft · 3 hr 36 min

Pachaug State Forest Viewpoint & Bear Cave via Coal Pit Hill Road is a 9.4-mile out-and-back in Pachaug State Forest near Voluntown, CT. The route passes Bear Cave and Pachaug State Forest Viewpoint before reaching Pachaug State Forest Viewpoint at the turnaround, 4.7 miles in. It climbs 944 ft. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi226 – 502 ft9.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.54152, -71.85887
Nearest town Voluntown, CT
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Pachaug State Forest Viewpoint & Bear Cave via Coal Pit Hill Road

9.4 mi · ▲ 944 ft · 3 hr 36 min

Elevation 227–501 ft

Out & Back · Pachaug State Forest

Trailhead: 41.54152, -71.85887

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:50 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  3. 1.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left onto Coal Pit Hill Road, heading E.
  5. 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
  6. 0.5 miPass Bear Cave.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto Ledgenwood Road, heading S.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 0.6 miPass Pachaug State Forest Viewpoint.
  10. 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
  11. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  13. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  14. 250 ftReach Pachaug State Forest Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 200 ftBear left, heading NW.
  16. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  17. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  19. 0.8 miBear left, heading NE.
  20. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  21. 0.8 miBear left onto Coal Pit Hill Road, heading NE.
  22. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  23. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  24. 1.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  25. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/wyassup-lake-bear-cave-out-back-15-km

Trail surface

44% dirt56% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:50 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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