1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
2. 50 ftPass Gay City Pond.
3. 50 ftPass Gay City State Park Beach.
4. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
5. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
6. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
7. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
8. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
9. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
10. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
11. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
12. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
13. 1 miTurn left, heading SW.
14. 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
15. 100 ftSharp left, heading SW.
16. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
17. 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
18. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
19. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
20. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
21. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
22. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
23. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
24. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
25. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
26. 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
27. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
28. 50 ftTurn left onto Mountain Road, heading NW.
29. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
30. 350 ftPass Buckingham Reservoir.
31. 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
32. 150 ftSharp right, heading SW.
33. 500 ftSharp left, heading NW.
34. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
35. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
36. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
37. 250 ftBear left, heading W.
38. 150 ftBear left, heading W.
39. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
40. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
41. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
42. 250 ftBear left, heading W.
43. 50 ftReach Buckingham Reservoir Watershed Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
44. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
45. 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
46. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
47. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
48. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
49. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
50. 250 ftSharp right, heading SW.
51. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
52. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
53. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
54. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
55. 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
56. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
57. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
58. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
59. 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
60. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
61. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
62. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
63. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
64. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
65. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
66. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
67. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
68. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
69. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
70. 100 ftSharp left, heading SE.
71. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
72. 1 miTurn left, heading SE.
73. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
74. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
75. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
76. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
77. 250 ftBear right, heading S.
78. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
79. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
80. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
81. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/buckingham-reservoir-gay-city-pond-out-back-5-lakes-12-km-42fe