Naugatuck Trail

We spotted a car at the route 42 parking area and drove around to the CPL near Andrasko road. The route looks like this in Google Earth:

Initially the trail goes on an old road along route 8, but after about 0.5 miles it turns into the woods and climbs up to the ridge. There we found the first of the letterboxes we were looking for (first of the Justice League series).

The forest was quite open and there were a lot of ferns.

Eventually we reached the turnoff for Spruce Knoll, which also had several letterboxes hidden nearby.

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From here we continues along the ridge, often in open forest.

After finding several more letterboxes we took the side trip to Beacon Cap. This is an open area with a large glacial erratic. The only views we had were from the top of this rock. Once I was on top I discovered a large X marking this spot. No idea why.

From here it was a relatively short walk on to the route 42 parking area. The hike was about 6.1 miles all told and took about 4 hours. The pace was limited by finding a total 7 letterboxes.

The trail is in good shape, but except for the top of Beacon Cap there aren't any views.