Farms Road Pond & Trout Pond via Farmington Canal Heritage Trail is an 8-mile out-and-back in Winding Trails Recreation Area near Alsop Corner, CT. The route passes Farms Road Pond before reaching Trout Pond at the turnaround, 3.9 miles in. It climbs 251 ft. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi157 – 279 ft8.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.77221, -72.82901
Nearest town Alsop Corner, CT
Directions
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Farms Road Pond & Trout Pond via Farmington Canal Heritage Trail
8 mi · ▲ 251 ft · 2 hr 48 min
Elevation 159–281 ft
Out & Back · Winding Trails Recreation Area
Trailhead: 41.77221, -72.82901
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Farms Road Pond.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Farmington Canal Heritage Trail, heading W.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 500 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miPass Trout Pond.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 200 ftReach Farms Road Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 1.6 miTurn right, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 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
37% paved1% grass62% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:07 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- The Pond–Sconsett Pond, 3 lakes 4.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Farmington Canal & Farms Road Pond 6.1 mi · ▲ 432 ft
- Third Natural Pond–Farms Road Pond, 3 lakes 11.3 mi · ▲ 297 ft
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