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Buckingham Reservoir Watershed

Coop Road

5.6 mi · ▲ 669 ft · 2 hr 12 min

Coop Road is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Buckingham Reservoir Watershed near Buckingham, CT. It climbs 669 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi535 – 873 ft6.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.71049, -72.47284
Nearest town Buckingham, CT
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Coop Road

5.6 mi · ▲ 669 ft · 2 hr 12 min

Elevation 536–873 ft

Out & Back · Buckingham Reservoir Watershed

Trailhead: 41.71049, -72.47284

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  6. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  7. 1 miTurn right onto Coop Road, heading NW.
  8. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
  9. 0.7 miReach Coop Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.7 miSharp right, heading S.
  11. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  13. 1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  17. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  18. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/birch-mountain-out-back-9-km-8992

Trail surface

67% dirt33% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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