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Goose Pond via Southwick Rail Trail is an 11.4-mile out-and-back near Little River, MA. The route reaches Goose Pond at the turnaround, 5.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi180 – 272 ft11.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Columbia Greenway Rail Trail 42.08814, -72.74462
Nearest town Little River, MA

Directions

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Goose Pond via Southwick Rail Trail

11.4 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 3 hr 50 min

Elevation 182–272 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Columbia Greenway Rail Trail · 42.08814, -72.74462

Weather Sep 20: Light rain, high 60°F / low 56° · precip 63% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:54 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Southwick Rail Trail, heading S.
  2. 5.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miReach Goose Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  6. 5.2 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

91% paved7% gravel2% dirt

Weather

Light rainTemperature 60°F56°
Precip63%Wind3 mphUV0Humidity97%
Rained 0.6″ 7 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
65°50° 1 AM: 12% rain2 AM: 16% rain4 AM: 2% rain5 AM: 2% rain6 AM: 15% rain7 AM: 10% rain8 AM: 14% rain9 AM: 29% rain10 AM: 62% rain11 AM: 60% rain12 PM: 63% rain1 PM: 41% rain2 PM: 59% rain3 PM: 56% rain4 PM: 54% rain5 PM: 61% rain6 PM: 59% rain7 PM: 50% rain8 PM: 38% rain9 PM: 42% rain10 PM: 44% rain11 PM: 30% rain
Sunrise 6:37 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:54 PM
Mon 65°52° 15%
Tue 61°47° 17%
Wed 65°45°
Thu 66°44° 16%
Fri 66°50° 30%
Sat 62°51° 28%

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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