Golf Course Pond–Coop Road, 3 sights is a 9-mile out-and-back in Buckingham Reservoir Watershed near Gilead, CT. The route reaches Golf Course Pond. It climbs 1,151 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 55/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi466 – 860 ft · steepest grade: 16%10.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.70077, -72.44595
Nearest town Gilead, CT
Directions
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Golf Course Pond–Coop Road, 3 sights
9 mi · ▲ 1,151 ft · 3 hr 35 min
Elevation 467–860 ft
Out & Back · Buckingham Reservoir Watershed
Trailhead: 41.70077, -72.44595
Weather Aug 3: Heavy showers, high 77°F / low 68° · precip 99% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Golf Course Pond.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Gay City/Blackledge Falls Connector, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn right onto Coop Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miReach Golf Course Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 1 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Gay City/Blackledge Falls Connector, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
37% dirt63% unspecified
Weather
Heavy showersTemperature 77°F68°
Precip99%Wind8 mphUV4Humidity72%
Rained 1.6″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
80°65°
Sunrise 5:47 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:07 PM
Tue
80°64°
Wed
79°65°
Thu
86°68°
30%
Fri
93°70°
33%
Sat
91°70°
42%
Sun
92°69°
21%
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