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Long Hill & Buckle Shop Pond via Gulf Quarry Road

3.3 mi · ▲ 409 ft · 1 hr 18 min

Long Hill & Buckle Shop Pond via Gulf Quarry Road is a 3.3-mile out-and-back near Shailerville, CT. The route passes Buckle Shop Pond before reaching Long Hill at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It climbs 409 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi105 – 525 ft · steepest grade: 17%3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Gulf Quarry Road 41.46622, -72.50196
Nearest town Shailerville, CT
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Long Hill & Buckle Shop Pond via Gulf Quarry Road

3.3 mi · ▲ 409 ft · 1 hr 18 min

Elevation 106–526 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Gulf Quarry Road · 41.46622, -72.50196

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

  1. Start on Gulf Quarry Road, heading W.
  2. 50 ftPass Buckle Shop Pond.
  3. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  5. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  6. 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
  7. 0.1 miReach Long Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  9. 0.7 miBear left, heading NE.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  12. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/long-hill-out-back-4-km-8239

Trail surface

32% dirt68% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~38 min). Leave by 5:55 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:34 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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