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 Aug 4: sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:08 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Southwick Rail Trail, heading S.
- 5.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miReach Goose Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 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
Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:08 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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