Gay City Pond & Gay City State Park Beach
2.7 mi · ▲ 383 ft · 1 hr 5 min
Gay City Pond & Gay City State Park Beach is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Meshomasic State Forest near Buckingham, CT. The route passes Gay City State Park Beach before reaching Gay City Pond at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It climbs 383 ft. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Gay City Pond & Gay City State Park Beach
2.7 mi · ▲ 383 ft · 1 hr 5 min
Elevation 544–860 ft
Out & Back · Meshomasic State Forest
Trailhead: 41.71454, -72.46982
Weather Aug 3: Heavy showers, high 75°F / low 67° · precip 99% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1 miPass Gay City State Park Beach.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.3 miReach Gay City Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Albasi Lake 2.4 mi · ▲ 275 ft
- Strombery Pond & Bestor Pond 2.7 mi · ▲ 273 ft
- Gay City Pond & Gay City State Park Beach 3.3 mi · ▲ 412 ft
- Golf Course Pond & Gay City/Blackledge Falls Connector 4.3 mi · ▲ 515 ft
- Buckingham Reservoir & Nike Missile Site via Mountain Road 4.9 mi · ▲ 855 ft
- Coop Road 4.9 mi · ▲ 736 ft
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