Buckingham Reservoir Watershed
Red Gates Pond
4.8 mi · ▲ 594 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Red Gates Pond is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Buckingham Reservoir Watershed near Highland Park, CT. The route reaches Red Gates Pond at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 594 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Red Gates Pond
4.8 mi · ▲ 594 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Elevation 309–748 ft
Out & Back · Buckingham Reservoir Watershed
Trailhead: Carriage Path · 41.75987, -72.48212
Weather Aug 4: Heavy showers, high 77°F / low 68° · precip 100% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:06 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 500 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Red Gates Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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