Lake Gaillard Watershed Reserve Land

Bartlett Pond & Reeds Gap Road East

4.9 mi · ▲ 484 ft · 1 hr 53 min

Bartlett Pond & Reeds Gap Road East is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Lake Gaillard Watershed Reserve Land near Beaver Head Corner, CT. The route reaches Bartlett Pond. It climbs 484 ft. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi279 – 548 ft5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.38514, -72.72412
Nearest town Beaver Head Corner, CT

Directions

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Bartlett Pond & Reeds Gap Road East

4.9 mi · ▲ 484 ft · 1 hr 53 min

Elevation 281–547 ft

Out & Back · Lake Gaillard Watershed Reserve Land

Trailhead: 41.38514, -72.72412

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.6 miPass Bartlett Pond.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 500 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miSharp right onto Lane Pond Road, heading SW.
  6. 500 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left onto Reeds Gap Road East, heading W.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  10. 450 ftReach Bartlett Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 400 ftTurn left, heading S.
  12. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  14. 0.5 miTurn right onto Lane Pond Road, heading SE.
  15. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  17. 500 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  18. 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

48% dirt52% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:33 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:53 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:21 PM.

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