Buckingham Reservoir Watershed
Lookout Mountain & Red Gates Pond
4.7 mi · ▲ 478 ft · 1 hr 48 min
Lookout Mountain & Red Gates Pond is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Buckingham Reservoir Watershed near Highland Park, CT. The route passes Red Gates Pond before reaching Lookout Mountain at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 478 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Lookout Mountain & Red Gates Pond
4.7 mi · ▲ 478 ft · 1 hr 48 min
Elevation 289–748 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.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftReach Lookout Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~71 min). Leave by 6:36 PM for the 8:07 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:20 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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