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Mount Tom Tower Trail route map
Difficulty: ModerateLoop
Mount Tom State Park/Connecticut

Mount Tom Tower Trail

New Preston, Connecticut

1.3 mi

Distance

364 ft

Elev. Gain

36m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Moderate

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Mount Tom Tower Trail unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection manages this trail and is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:292 ft
Max:387 ft
Gain:111 ft
Loss:111 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 292 ft and 387 ft across 1.3 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.292 ft324 ft355 ft387 ft0.0 mi0.3 mi0.6 mi0.9 mi1.3 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi297 ft
High point0.7 mi387 ft
End1.3 mi297 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

Managed by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

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Source of truth

Where it is

Nearest town:
New Preston, CT · about 1 mi away
County:
Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT
Jurisdiction:
Mount Tom State Park · Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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