Buck Hill Pond & Kingsbury Pond via Benson Mountain Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 437 ft · 1 hr 41 min
Buck Hill Pond & Kingsbury Pond via Benson Mountain Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Robbins Preserve near East Thompson, CT. The route passes Kingsbury Pond before reaching Buck Hill Pond at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 437 ft. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Buck Hill Pond & Kingsbury Pond via Benson Mountain Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 437 ft · 1 hr 41 min
Elevation 427–740 ft
Out & Back · Robbins Preserve
Trailhead: 41.99658, -71.81073
Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 62°F / low 53° · precip 60% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Kingsbury Pond.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Border Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SE.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Benson Mountain Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miReach Buck Hill Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Border Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
- 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Dudley Pond–Kingsbury Pond, 4 sights 13 mi · ▲ 659 ft
- Kingsbury Pond & Border Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 418 ft
- Chamberlain Pond–Kingsbury Pond, 7 sights 12.4 mi · ▲ 775 ft
- Benson Mountain & Kingsbury Pond 2.8 mi · ▲ 319 ft
- Benson Mountain–Douglas State Forest Beach, 7 sights 10 mi · ▲ 603 ft
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