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Goose Pond via Southwick Rail Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back near Congamond, MA. The route reaches Goose Pond at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi223 – 246 ft3.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.99792, -72.76832
Nearest town Congamond, MA

Directions

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Goose Pond via Southwick Rail Trail

3.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 14 min

Elevation 223–245 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. 1.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 0.4 miReach Goose Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto Southwick Rail Trail, heading S.
  8. 1.3 miBear right, heading S.
  9. 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 surface

71% paved22% gravel7% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:08 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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