Third Natural Pond–Farms Road Pond, 3 lakes is an 11.3-mile out-and-back near Alsop Corner, CT. The route passes Farms Road Pond, Third Natural Pond and Third Natural Pond. It climbs 297 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi157 – 279 ft11.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.77221, -72.82901
Nearest town Alsop Corner, CT
Directions
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Third Natural Pond–Farms Road Pond, 3 lakes
11.3 mi · ▲ 297 ft · 3 hr 55 min
Elevation 159–281 ft
Out & Back
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.
- 2.6 miPass Third Natural Pond.
- 0.2 miPass Third Natural Pond.
- 1.1 miReach Third Natural Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 3.9 miTurn right, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 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
68% paved1% grass31% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:07 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- The Pond–Sconsett Pond, 3 lakes 4.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Farmington Canal & Farms Road Pond 6.1 mi · ▲ 432 ft
- Farms Road Pond & Trout Pond via Farmington Canal Heritage Trail 8 mi · ▲ 251 ft
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