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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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Buckingham Reservoir Watershed

Golf Course Pond & Gay City/Blackledge Falls Connector via Mountain Road

8.4 mi · ▲ 1,157 ft · 3 hr 23 min

Golf Course Pond & Gay City/Blackledge Falls Connector via Mountain Road is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Buckingham Reservoir Watershed near Buckingham, CT. The route reaches Golf Course Pond at the turnaround, 4.2 miles in. It climbs 1,157 ft. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi466 – 860 ft10.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Mountain Road 41.73018, -72.50345
Nearest town Buckingham, CT
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Golf Course Pond & Gay City/Blackledge Falls Connector via Mountain Road

8.4 mi · ▲ 1,157 ft · 3 hr 23 min

Elevation 467–860 ft

Out & Back · Buckingham Reservoir Watershed

Trailhead: Mountain Road · 41.73018, -72.50345

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Mountain Road, heading E.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  5. 0.6 miSharp left, heading E.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  14. 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  19. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  20. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  21. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  22. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  23. 100 ftSharp left, heading S.
  24. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  25. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  26. 1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  27. 250 ftBear right, heading E.
  28. 250 ftTurn right onto Gay City/Blackledge Falls Connector, heading NE.
  29. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
  30. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  31. 100 ftReach Golf Course Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  32. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  33. 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  34. 250 ftBear left, heading W.
  35. 250 ftSharp left, heading W.
  36. 1 miTurn left, heading N.
  37. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  38. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  39. 100 ftSharp left, heading W.
  40. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  41. 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
  42. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  43. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  44. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  45. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  46. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  47. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  48. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  49. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  50. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  51. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  52. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  53. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  54. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  55. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  56. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  57. 0.6 miBear right onto Mountain Road, heading N.
  58. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  59. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  60. 200 ftBear right, heading NW.
  61. 50 ftArrive 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/golf-course-pond-out-back-14-km-f277

Trail surface

16% dirt84% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:51 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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