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Columbia Greenway Rail Viewpoint via Southwick Rail Trail

15.6 mi · ▲ 140 ft · 5 hr 16 min

Columbia Greenway Rail Viewpoint via Southwick Rail Trail is a 15.6-mile out-and-back near Congamond, MA. The route reaches Columbia Greenway Rail Viewpoint at the turnaround, 7.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 140 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi128 – 272 ft16.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.99792, -72.76832
Nearest town Congamond, MA
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Columbia Greenway Rail Viewpoint via Southwick Rail Trail

15.6 mi · ▲ 140 ft · 5 hr 16 min

Elevation 127–272 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.99792, -72.76832

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftBear left onto Farmington Canal Heritage Trail, heading N.
  3. 2.4 miContinue straight onto Southwick Rail Trail, heading NE.
  4. 4.2 miContinue straight onto Columbia Greenway Rail Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  7. 0.2 miPass Columbia Greenway Rail Viewpoint.
  8. 400 ftTurn left onto South Meadow Road, heading N.
  9. 500 ftTurn left onto Ponders Hollow Road, heading W.
  10. 200 ftReach Columbia Greenway Rail Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 200 ftTurn right onto South Meadow Road, heading SW.
  12. 500 ftTurn right, heading E.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left onto Columbia Greenway Rail Trail, heading S.
  15. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Southwick Rail Trail, heading S.
  16. 6.6 miBear right, heading S.
  17. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/columbia-greenway-rail-viewpoint-out-back-25-km-0133

Trail surface

93% paved1% dirt6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:08 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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