Buckingham Reservoir Watershed
Albasi Lake & Red Gates Pond via Coop Road
7.5 mi · ▲ 885 ft · 2 hr 57 min
Albasi Lake & Red Gates Pond via Coop Road is a 7.5-mile out-and-back in Buckingham Reservoir Watershed near Highland Park, CT. The route passes Red Gates Pond before reaching Albasi Lake at the turnaround, 3.8 miles in. It climbs 885 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Albasi Lake & Red Gates Pond via Coop Road
7.5 mi · ▲ 885 ft · 2 hr 57 min
Elevation 289–740 ft
Out & Back · Buckingham Reservoir Watershed
Trailhead: 41.75026, -72.51153
Weather Aug 4: Heavy showers, high 78°F / low 68° · precip 100% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Red Gates Pond.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Coop Road, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach Albasi Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 300 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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