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.
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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 Aug 4: Rain showers, high 76°F / low 70° · precip 89% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:45 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Coal Pit Hill Road, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.5 miPass Bear Cave.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Ledgenwood Road, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.6 miPass Pachaug State Forest Viewpoint.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftReach Pachaug State Forest Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Coal Pit Hill Road, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Coal Pit Hill Road 4.2 mi · ▲ 370 ft
- Ledgenwood Road 6.2 mi · ▲ 602 ft
- Ledgenwood Road 6.4 mi · ▲ 633 ft
- Bear Cave & Ledgenwood Road 9.9 mi · ▲ 912 ft
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