Buckingham Reservoir Watershed

Strombery Pond & Coop Road

4.8 mi · ▲ 619 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Strombery Pond & Coop Road is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Buckingham Reservoir Watershed near Buckingham, CT. The route reaches Strombery Pond. It climbs 619 ft. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi489 – 735 ft6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.71164, -72.48770
Nearest town Buckingham, CT

Directions

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Strombery Pond & Coop Road

4.8 mi · ▲ 619 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Elevation 487–734 ft

Out & Back · Buckingham Reservoir Watershed

Trailhead: 41.71164, -72.48770

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:51 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftPass Strombery Pond.
  3. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  4. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  6. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  7. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  9. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 100 ftBear left, heading E.
  11. 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
  12. 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  15. 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
  16. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  17. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  19. 50 ftTurn right onto Coop Road, heading N.
  20. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  21. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  22. 0.5 miSharp right, heading NE.
  23. 0.7 miReach Strombery Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  24. 0.7 miSharp right, heading NE.
  25. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  26. 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
  27. 450 ftSharp left, heading S.
  28. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  29. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  30. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  31. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  32. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  33. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  34. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  35. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  36. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  37. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  38. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  39. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  40. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  41. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  42. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  43. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  44. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  45. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

7% dirt93% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:51 PM

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