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.
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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 Aug 4: Overcast, high 81°F / low 65° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
- Start on Gulf Quarry Road, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Buckle Shop Pond.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miReach Long Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~38 min). Leave by 7:07 PM for the 8:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:46 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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