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Meshomasic State Forest

Golf Course Pond

2 mi · ▲ 275 ft · 48 min

Golf Course Pond is a 2-mile out-and-back in Meshomasic State Forest near Buckingham, CT. The route reaches Golf Course Pond at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It climbs 275 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi466 – 696 ft · steepest grade: 22%2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.69989, -72.46338
Nearest town Buckingham, CT
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Golf Course Pond

2 mi · ▲ 275 ft · 48 min

Elevation 467–694 ft

Out & Back · Meshomasic State Forest

Trailhead: 41.69989, -72.46338

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  4. 150 ftBear left, heading N.
  5. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  7. 100 ftReach Golf Course Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  9. 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
  10. 250 ftBear right, heading W.
  11. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  13. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/golf-course-pond-golf-course-pond-out-back

Trail surface

97% dirt3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:52 PM

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