Buckingham Reservoir Watershed
Birch Mountain & Red Gates Pond
4.7 mi · ▲ 511 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Birch Mountain & Red Gates Pond is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Buckingham Reservoir Watershed near Highland Park, CT. The route passes Red Gates Pond before reaching Birch Mountain at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 511 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Birch Mountain & Red Gates Pond
4.7 mi · ▲ 511 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Elevation 289–789 ft
Out & Back · Buckingham Reservoir Watershed
Trailhead: 41.75026, -72.51153
Weather Aug 3: Heavy showers, high 78°F / low 68° · precip 100% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miPass Red Gates Pond.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 300 ftReach Birch Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miArrive 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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