Buckingham Reservoir Watershed
Red Gates Pond & Cornholio
2.8 mi · ▲ 222 ft · 1 hr 3 min
Red Gates Pond & Cornholio is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Buckingham Reservoir Watershed near Highland Park, CT. The route reaches Red Gates Pond. It is mostly level, with 222 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Red Gates Pond & Cornholio
2.8 mi · ▲ 222 ft · 1 hr 3 min
Elevation 345–594 ft
Out & Back · Buckingham Reservoir Watershed
Trailhead: 41.74928, -72.50339
Weather Aug 3: Heavy showers, high 77°F / low 68° · precip 100% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Red Gates Pond.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Cornholio, heading SE.
- 250 ftReach Red Gates Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 300 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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