Start at the parking area on Route 47 at the Bee Brook entrance to Hidden Valley Nature Preserve. You can park on either side of the bridge over the Shepaug River. Milage is calculated from the bridge.

Turn right out of the parking area onto Route 47 and continue to Route 202: 1.90 miles. Turn left onto Route 202 and continue to Flirtation Avenue: 2.55 miles. Take Flirtation Ave. to its end: 3.15 miles. This is a 4- way stop intersecting with Route 45. Go across onto West Shore Road. Continue around Lake Waramaug past the state park at 6.90 miles to Strawberry Ridge Road: 9.14 miles.
Turn left onto Strawberry Ridge Road. This is a short steep uphill that takes you through Hopkins Vineyards. Continue to Curtiss Road: 9.71 miles. Turn left onto Curtiss Road and continue past the intersection with Hopkins Road: 10.24 miles.There is a "Dead End" sign and a sign for "Mt. Lake".

Continue on Mt. Lake Road to the camp and Straights Pond at the top: 11.84 miles. On the way there are spectacular views of Lake Waramaug and the surrounding hills. Turn around. (Do no t enter the camp - turn around when you see the driveway or before. Back track down the hill to Hopkins Road: 13.44 miles. Turn right onto Hopkins and continue to Bliss Road: 13.91 miles. Turn right onto Bliss Road and continue back to Lake Road (North Shore Road): 14.36 miles. Turn right and continue back around the lake to Anderson Acres Road (just before the state park): 15.80 miles. Turn right and continue on Anderson Acres Road to Kent Hollow Road: 16.49 miles. Stay on Kent Hollows Road (Beardsley Road goes straight while Kent Hollows Road turns right- see map) to Tanguay Road: 18.76 miles. Continue to the turn around point - the pavement ends here: 19.59 miles.
Back track along Tanguay Road to Kent Hollow Road: 20.40 miles. Turn left and take Kent Hollow Road to Beardsley Road: 22.07 miles. Turn right onto Beardsley Road and continue to Golf Links Road: 22.91 miles. Turn left onto Golf Links Road and continue to West Shore Road: 23.27 miles. Follow West Shore Road back around the lake to the 4 way intersection with Route 45: 26.10 miles. Go across and continue on Flirtation Avenue to Route 202: 26.72 miles. Turn left and continue on Route 202 to Route 47: 27.37 miles. Turn right onto Route 47 and continue back to the parking area: 29.30 miles.