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Gay City State Park Beach & Coop Road is an 8-mile out-and-back in Buckingham Reservoir Watershed near Bolton, CT. The route reaches Gay City State Park Beach. It climbs 1,117 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi509 – 860 ft · steepest grade: 17%9.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.71986, -72.43638
Nearest town Bolton, CT

Directions

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Gay City State Park Beach & Coop Road

8 mi · ▲ 1,117 ft · 3 hr 14 min

Elevation 509–860 ft

Out & Back · Buckingham Reservoir Watershed

Trailhead: 41.71986, -72.43638

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:51 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miPass Gay City State Park Beach.
  3. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  5. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  6. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  10. 1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  12. 100 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  16. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  19. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  20. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  21. 1 miTurn right onto Coop Road, heading N.
  22. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
  23. 0.7 miReach Gay City State Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  24. 0.7 miSharp right, heading NE.
  25. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  26. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  27. 1 miTurn right, heading E.
  28. 100 ftBear right, heading E.
  29. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  30. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  31. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  32. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  33. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  34. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  35. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  36. 100 ftSharp left, heading S.
  37. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  38. 1 miTurn left, heading E.
  39. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  40. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  41. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  42. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  43. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  44. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  45. 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 surface

34% dirt66% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:51 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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