Meshomasic State Forest

Blackledge Falls

4.5 mi · ▲ 530 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Blackledge Falls is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Meshomasic State Forest near Buckingham, CT. The route reaches Blackledge Falls at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 530 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi584 – 873 ft5.3 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Blackledge Falls

4.5 mi · ▲ 530 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Elevation 584–873 ft

Out & Back · Meshomasic State Forest

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. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 350 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  8. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 100 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  14. 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
  15. 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
  16. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  18. 400 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  19. 150 ftReach Blackledge Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  21. 400 ftBear left, heading S.
  22. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  23. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  24. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  25. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  26. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  27. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  28. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  29. 100 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  30. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  31. 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
  32. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  33. 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  34. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  35. 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
  36. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  37. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

63% dirt37% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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