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Buck Hill Management Area

Benson Mountain Trail–Starr Road, 3 sights

3.6 mi · ▲ 312 ft · 1 hr 21 min

Benson Mountain Trail–Starr Road, 3 sights is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Buck Hill Management Area near East Thompson, CT. It climbs 312 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi472 – 748 ft · steepest grade: 19%3.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Town of Thompson 42.00867, -71.80926
Nearest town East Thompson, CT
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Benson Mountain Trail–Starr Road, 3 sights

3.6 mi · ▲ 312 ft · 1 hr 21 min

Elevation 474–750 ft

Out & Back · Buck Hill Management Area

Trailhead: Town of Thompson · 42.00867, -71.80926

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:50 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Air Line State Park Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.4 miSharp right onto Tri-State Marker Loop Trail, heading S.
  3. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miSharp right onto Border Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.3 miSharp left onto Starr Road, heading E.
  6. 0.6 miSharp right onto Benson Mountain Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miReach Tri-State Marker Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.2 miSharp left onto Starr Road, heading NE.
  9. 0.6 miSharp right onto Border Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.3 miSharp left onto Tri-State Marker Loop Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  12. 250 ftSharp left onto Air Line State Park Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/wallum-lake-out-back-8-km-99c5

Trail surface

56% dirt44% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:50 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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