Golf Course Pond & Gay City/Blackledge Falls Connector is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Meshomasic State Forest near Buckingham, CT. The route reaches Golf Course Pond at the turnaround, 2.7 miles in. It climbs 683 ft. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi466 – 873 ft6.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.71049, -72.47284
Nearest town Buckingham, CT
Directions
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Golf Course Pond & Gay City/Blackledge Falls Connector
5.4 mi · ▲ 683 ft · 2 hr 8 min
Elevation 467–873 ft
Out & Back · Meshomasic State Forest
Trailhead: 41.71049, -72.47284
Weather Aug 4: 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 NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Gay City/Blackledge Falls Connector, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftReach Golf Course Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 300 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 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 surface
28% dirt72% 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
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Gay City Pond & Gay City State Park Beach 3.9 mi · ▲ 552 ft
- Blackledge Falls 4.5 mi · ▲ 530 ft
- Gay City/Blackledge Falls Connector 4.8 mi · ▲ 595 ft
- Coop Road 5.6 mi · ▲ 669 ft
- Case Mountain via Carriage Path 6.2 mi · ▲ 845 ft
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