Buckingham Reservoir Watershed
Strombery Pond & Bestor Pond
2.7 mi · ▲ 273 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Strombery Pond & Bestor Pond is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Buckingham Reservoir Watershed near Buckingham, CT. The route passes Strombery Pond before reaching Bestor Pond at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It climbs 273 ft. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Strombery Pond & Bestor Pond
2.7 mi · ▲ 273 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Elevation 601–830 ft
Out & Back · Buckingham Reservoir Watershed
Trailhead: 41.71454, -72.46982
Weather Aug 4: Heavy showers, high 75°F / low 67° · precip 99% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 300 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miPass Strombery Pond.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 0.1 miPass Bestor Pond.
- 250 ftReach Strombery Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 350 ftBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 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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