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New Gate Pond via Farmington Canal Heritage Trail

3 mi · ▲ 60 ft · 1 hr 2 min

New Gate Pond via Farmington Canal Heritage Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back near Hungary, CT. The route reaches New Gate Pond at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 60 ft of elevation gain. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi233 – 285 ft3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Farmington Canal Heritage Trail 41.97411, -72.75728
Nearest town Hungary, CT
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New Gate Pond via Farmington Canal Heritage Trail

3 mi · ▲ 60 ft · 1 hr 2 min

Elevation 234–284 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Farmington Canal Heritage Trail · 41.97411, -72.75728

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Farmington Canal Heritage Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.7 miSharp left, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  4. 0.4 miReach New Gate Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/new-gate-pond-new-gate-pond-out-back-5-km

Trail surface

49% paved27% dirt24% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:08 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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