Buckingham Reservoir Watershed
Red Gates Pond via Coop Road
7 mi · ▲ 883 ft · 2 hr 46 min
Red Gates Pond via Coop Road is a 7-mile out-and-back in Buckingham Reservoir Watershed near Highland Park, CT. The route reaches Red Gates Pond at the turnaround, 3.4 miles in. It climbs 883 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 59/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Red Gates Pond via Coop Road
7 mi · ▲ 883 ft · 2 hr 46 min
Elevation 304–796 ft
Out & Back · Buckingham Reservoir Watershed
Trailhead: 41.73414, -72.46343
Weather Aug 4: Heavy showers, high 76°F / low 67° · precip 100% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:06 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Coop Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miPass Red Gates Pond.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 450 ftReach Red Gates Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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