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Griffin Pond via Southwick Rail Trail is a 15.6-mile out-and-back near Little River, MA. The route reaches Griffin Pond at the turnaround, 7.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 110 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi180 – 272 ft15.9 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Griffin Pond via Southwick Rail Trail

15.6 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 5 hr 15 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

  1. Start on Southwick Rail Trail, heading S.
  2. 6.6 miContinue straight onto Farmington Canal Heritage Trail, heading S.
  3. 1 miTurn left, heading E.
  4. 0.4 miReach Griffin Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 3.8 miContinue straight onto Southwick Rail Trail, heading NE.
  6. 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 surface

95% paved5% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:08 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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