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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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Meshomasic State Forest

Golf Course Pond & Gay City/Blackledge Falls Connector

4.3 mi · ▲ 515 ft · 1 hr 41 min

Golf Course Pond & Gay City/Blackledge Falls Connector is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Meshomasic State Forest near Buckingham, CT. The route reaches Golf Course Pond at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 515 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi466 – 860 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.71454, -72.46982
Nearest town Buckingham, CT
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Golf Course Pond & Gay City/Blackledge Falls Connector

4.3 mi · ▲ 515 ft · 1 hr 41 min

Elevation 467–860 ft

Out & Back · Meshomasic State Forest

Trailhead: 41.71454, -72.46982

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  5. 300 ftBear right, heading SE.
  6. 250 ftTurn right onto Gay City/Blackledge Falls Connector, heading NE.
  7. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  9. 100 ftReach Golf Course Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  11. 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
  12. 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
  13. 300 ftSharp left, heading N.
  14. 1 miTurn left, heading W.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  16. 350 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-golf-course-pond-out-back-7-km-4378

Trail surface

13% dirt87% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

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