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

Directions

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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 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

  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 surface

76% dirt24% unspecified

Weather

Heavy showersTemperature 78°F68°
Precip100%Wind7 mphUV4Humidity76%
Rained 3.4″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
80°65° 12 AM: 7% rain1 AM: 30% rain2 AM: 23% rain3 AM: 43% rain4 AM: 57% rain5 AM: 88% rain6 AM: 66% rain7 AM: 100% rain8 AM: 96% rain9 AM: 88% rain10 AM: 81% rain11 AM: 73% rain12 PM: 56% rain1 PM: 70% rain2 PM: 66% rain3 PM: 51% rain4 PM: 48% rain5 PM: 50% rain6 PM: 43% rain7 PM: 8% rain
Sunrise 5:47 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:07 PM
Tue 79°66°
Wed 79°66°
Thu 88°68° 40%
Fri 94°71° 36%
Sat 92°71° 42%
Sun 96°70° 20%

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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