Border Trail–Tri-State Marker Loop Trail, 3 sights
6.1 mi · ▲ 418 ft · 2 hr 15 min
Border Trail–Tri-State Marker Loop Trail, 3 sights is a 6.1-mile out-and-back in Buck Hill Management Area near East Thompson, CT. It climbs 418 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 65/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Border Trail–Tri-State Marker Loop Trail, 3 sights
6.1 mi · ▲ 418 ft · 2 hr 15 min
Elevation 474–740 ft
Out & Back · Buck Hill Management Area
Trailhead: Town of Thompson · 42.00867, -71.80926
Weather Aug 4: Heavy rain, high 76°F / low 69° · precip 88% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:43 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Air Line State Park Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Tri-State Marker Loop Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Border Trail, heading NE.
- 1.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Benson Mountain Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftSharp right onto Wood Road, heading NE.
- 0.3 miReach Tri-State Marker Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Benson Mountain Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Border Trail, heading NW.
- 1.6 miSharp left onto Tri-State Marker Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 200 ftSharp left onto Air Line State Park Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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