Blackledge Falls & Gay City/Blackledge Falls Connector is a 3-mile out-and-back in Meshomasic State Forest near Buckingham, CT. The route reaches Blackledge Falls. It climbs 293 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi482 – 696 ft · steepest grade: 23%3.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.69989, -72.46338
Nearest town Buckingham, CT
Directions
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Blackledge Falls & Gay City/Blackledge Falls Connector
3 mi · ▲ 293 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Elevation 481–694 ft
Out & Back · Meshomasic State Forest
Trailhead: 41.69989, -72.46338
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Gay City/Blackledge Falls Connector, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 300 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Blackledge Falls.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 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 surface
27% dirt73% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:52 PM
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