Buckingham Reservoir Watershed
Mountain Road via Coop Road
4.2 mi · ▲ 536 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Mountain Road via Coop Road is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Buckingham Reservoir Watershed near Highland Park, CT. It climbs 536 ft. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi476 – 686 ft5.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Coop Road 41.74616, -72.47325
Nearest town Highland Park, CT
Directions
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Mountain Road via Coop Road
4.2 mi · ▲ 536 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Elevation 475–686 ft
Out & Back · Buckingham Reservoir Watershed
Trailhead: Coop Road · 41.74616, -72.47325
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
- Start on Coop Road, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Mountain Road, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 200 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miReach Mountain Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Coop Road, heading E.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
100% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM
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