AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Buckingham Reservoir Watershed

Red Gates Pond & Cornholio

3 mi · ▲ 284 ft · 1 hr 9 min

Red Gates Pond & Cornholio is a 3-mile out-and-back in Buckingham Reservoir Watershed near Highland Park, CT. The route reaches Red Gates Pond. It climbs 284 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi289 – 594 ft3.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.75026, -72.51153
Nearest town Highland Park, CT
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Red Gates Pond & Cornholio

3 mi · ▲ 284 ft · 1 hr 9 min

Elevation 289–594 ft

Out & Back · Buckingham Reservoir Watershed

Trailhead: 41.75026, -72.51153

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftPass Red Gates Pond.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  6. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  7. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  9. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  10. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  11. 450 ftContinue straight onto Cornholio, heading E.
  12. 250 ftReach Red Gates Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  15. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  16. 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
  17. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  18. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  19. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  20. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  21. 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/red-gates-pond-red-gates-pond-out-back-3-lakes-5-km-528c

Trail surface

76% dirt24% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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