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
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Farmington Canal Heritage Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miReach Goose Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Southwick Rail Trail, heading S.
- 1.3 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.
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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