Columbia Greenway Rail Viewpoint & Goose Pond via Southwick Rail Trail is a 14.2-mile out-and-back near Westfield, MA. The route passes Columbia Greenway Rail Viewpoint before reaching Goose Pond at the turnaround, 7.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 140 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi128 – 272 ft14.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Ponders Hollow Road 42.10776, -72.74605
Nearest town Westfield, MA
Directions
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Columbia Greenway Rail Viewpoint & Goose Pond via Southwick Rail Trail
14.2 mi · ▲ 140 ft · 4 hr 48 min
Elevation 130–272 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Ponders Hollow Road · 42.10776, -72.74605
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:08 PM
Transit-accessible: SILVER / KASPER stop 797 m from the trailhead
- Start on Ponders Hollow Road, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto South Meadow Road, heading E.
- 150 ftPass Columbia Greenway Rail Viewpoint.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Columbia Greenway Rail Trail, heading E.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Southwick Rail Trail, heading SW.
- 5.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miPass Goose Pond.
- 0.1 miReach Columbia Greenway Rail Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 5.4 miContinue straight onto Columbia Greenway Rail Trail, heading N.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto South Meadow Road, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Ponders Hollow Road, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
89% paved6% gravel4% dirt1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:08 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: SILVER / KASPER stop 797 m from the trailhead
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