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Looking southward at the Blackledge River from a foot bridge at the southernmost point on the border between Connecticut's Gay City State Park and Meshomasic State Forest.jpg
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Meshomasic State Forest

Gay City/Blackledge Falls Connector

4.8 mi · ▲ 595 ft · 1 hr 54 min

Gay City/Blackledge Falls Connector is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Meshomasic State Forest near Buckingham, CT. It climbs 595 ft. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi482 – 873 ft5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.71049, -72.47284
Nearest town Buckingham, CT
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Gay City/Blackledge Falls Connector

4.8 mi · ▲ 595 ft · 1 hr 54 min

Elevation 481–873 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. 1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  14. 300 ftBear right, heading SE.
  15. 250 ftTurn right onto Gay City/Blackledge Falls Connector, heading S.
  16. 0.5 miReach Gay City/Blackledge Falls Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
  18. 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
  19. 250 ftSharp left, heading N.
  20. 1 miTurn left, heading W.
  21. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  22. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  23. 100 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  24. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  25. 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
  26. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  27. 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  28. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  29. 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
  30. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  31. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/gay-city-state-park-viewpoint-out-back-6-km-3c1d

Trail surface

21% dirt79% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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