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New Gate Pond via Farmington Canal Heritage Trail is a 6.7-mile out-and-back near Congamond, MA. The route reaches New Gate Pond at the turnaround, 3.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi226 – 285 ft6.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.99817, -72.76419
Nearest town Congamond, MA

Directions

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New Gate Pond via Farmington Canal Heritage Trail

6.7 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 2 hr 16 min

Elevation 226–284 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.99817, -72.76419

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Farmington Canal Heritage Trail, heading S.
  3. 2 miSharp left, heading E.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 0.4 miReach New Gate Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  7. 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

60% paved29% dirt11% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:08 PM

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