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New Gate Pond via Farmington Canal Heritage Trail

6.6 mi · ▲ 164 ft · 2 hr 17 min

New Gate Pond via Farmington Canal Heritage Trail is a 6.6-mile out-and-back near Floydville, CT. The route reaches New Gate Pond at the turnaround, 3.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 164 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi151 – 285 ft6.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Farmington Canal Heritage Trail 41.92874, -72.78051
Nearest town Floydville, CT
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New Gate Pond via Farmington Canal Heritage Trail

6.6 mi · ▲ 164 ft · 2 hr 17 min

Elevation 149–284 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Farmington Canal Heritage Trail · 41.92874, -72.78051

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Farmington Canal Heritage Trail, heading E.
  2. 1.8 miBear left, heading N.
  3. 0.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  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. 1.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  8. 1.7 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-out-back-61c3

Trail surface

77% paved12% dirt11% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:08 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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