Gay City State Park Viewpoint–Gay City State Park Beach, 3 beaches is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Gay City State Park near Gilead, CT. The route passes Gay City State Park Viewpoint and Gay City State Park Beach. It climbs 257 ft. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi466 – 607 ft4.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.69753, -72.45587
Nearest town Gilead, CT
Directions
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Gay City State Park Viewpoint–Gay City State Park Beach, 3 beaches
3.9 mi · ▲ 257 ft · 1 hr 26 min
Elevation 467–608 ft
Out & Back · Gay City State Park
Trailhead: 41.69753, -72.45587
Weather Aug 4: Heavy showers, high 76°F / low 68° · precip 99% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:06 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Gay City/Blackledge Falls Connector, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miPass Gay City State Park Viewpoint.
- 400 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miPass Gay City State Park Beach.
- 450 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 100 ftBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 1.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 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.
Trail surface
3% dirt97% unspecified
Weather
Heavy showersTemperature 76°F68°
Precip99%Wind8 mphUV4Humidity72%
Rained 1.6″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
80°65°
Sunrise 5:48 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:06 PM
Tue
79°64°
Wed
79°64°
Thu
85°68°
32%
Fri
93°70°
34%
Sat
91°69°
42%
Sun
92°69°
21%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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