Buckingham Reservoir Watershed
Albasi Lake via Mountain Road
4.8 mi · ▲ 535 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Albasi Lake via Mountain Road is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Buckingham Reservoir Watershed near Buckingham, CT. The route reaches Albasi Lake at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 535 ft. It scores 74/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Albasi Lake via Mountain Road
4.8 mi · ▲ 535 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Elevation 475–740 ft
Out & Back · Buckingham Reservoir Watershed
Trailhead: Mountain Road · 41.73018, -72.50345
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 78°F / low 64° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Mountain Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Coop Road, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach Albasi Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 300 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading NW.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Mountain Road, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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