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Goose Pond via Farmington Canal Heritage Trail is a 13.8-mile out-and-back near Floydville, CT. The route reaches Goose Pond at the turnaround, 6.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi151 – 246 ft14.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Farmington Canal Heritage Trail 41.92874, -72.78051
Nearest town Floydville, CT

Directions

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Goose Pond via Farmington Canal Heritage Trail

13.8 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 4 hr 38 min

Elevation 149–245 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Farmington Canal Heritage Trail · 41.92874, -72.78051

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Farmington Canal Heritage Trail, heading E.
  2. 1.8 miBear left, heading N.
  3. 4.6 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  5. 0.4 miReach Goose Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto Southwick Rail Trail, heading E.
  8. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Farmington Canal Heritage Trail, heading S.
  9. 3.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  10. 1.7 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% paved6% gravel2% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:08 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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