Walton Pond–Farms Road Pond, 4 lakes is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in Winding Trails Recreation Area near River Glen, CT. The route passes Walton Pond, Winding Trails Recreation Area Beach and Trout Pond before reaching Farms Road Pond at the turnaround, 4.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 198 ft of elevation gain. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Walton Pond–Farms Road Pond, 4 lakes
8.7 mi · ▲ 198 ft · 3 hr
Elevation 159–281 ft
Out & Back · Winding Trails Recreation Area
Trailhead: 41.74888, -72.84677
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Walton Pond.
- 50 ftPass Winding Trails Recreation Area Beach.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 400 ftPass Trout Pond.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 400 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 100 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 NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Farmington Canal Heritage Trail, heading E.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miPass Farms Road Pond.
- 150 ftReach Walton Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 500 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 300 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 400 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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