Gay City State Park Viewpoint–Golf Course Pond, 4 beaches is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Gay City State Park near Bolton, CT. The route passes Gay City State Park Beach and Gay City State Park Viewpoint before reaching Golf Course Pond at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 359 ft. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Gay City State Park Viewpoint–Golf Course Pond, 4 beaches
3.7 mi · ▲ 359 ft · 1 hr 25 min
Elevation 467–608 ft
Out & Back · Gay City State Park
Trailhead: 41.72060, -72.44005
Weather Aug 4: Heavy showers, high 77°F / low 68° · precip 99% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:06 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftPass Gay City State Park Beach.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miPass Gay City State Park Viewpoint.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Gay City/Blackledge Falls Connector, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Golf Course Pond.
- 100 ftReach Gay City State Park Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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