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
Directions
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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 Aug 3: Heavy showers, high 75°F / low 67° · precip 99% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 1 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 300 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Gay City/Blackledge Falls Connector, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftReach Golf Course Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 300 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 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 surface
13% dirt87% unspecified
Weather
Heavy showersTemperature 75°F67°
Precip99%Wind8 mphUV4Humidity74%
Rained 1.8″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
80°65°
Sunrise 5:47 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:07 PM
Tue
78°64°
Wed
78°64°
Thu
85°66°
32%
Fri
92°69°
34%
Sat
90°69°
42%
Sun
92°68°
21%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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