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New Gate Pond via Farmington Canal Heritage Trail is a 6.4-mile out-and-back near Congamond, MA. The route reaches New Gate Pond at the turnaround, 3.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 31 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi226 – 285 ft6.5 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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New Gate Pond via Farmington Canal Heritage Trail

6.4 mi · ▲ 31 ft · 2 hr 9 min

Elevation 226–284 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 SE.
  2. 50 ftSharp right onto Farmington Canal Heritage Trail, heading S.
  3. 2.5 miSharp left, heading E.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 0.3 miReach New Gate Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  7. 2.9 miSharp left, heading N.
  8. 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

78% paved12% dirt10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:08 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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