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Newgate Pond via Farmington Canal Heritage Trail is a 6.7-mile out-and-back near Floydville, CT. The route reaches Newgate Pond at the turnaround, 3.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 218 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi151 – 305 ft7.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Farmington Canal Heritage Trail 41.92874, -72.78051
Nearest town Floydville, CT

Directions

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Newgate Pond via Farmington Canal Heritage Trail

6.7 mi · ▲ 218 ft · 2 hr 21 min

Elevation 149–305 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. 0.7 miBear left, heading E.
  5. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftReach Newgate Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  8. 200 ftBear right, heading N.
  9. 1.5 miBear left, heading S.
  10. 1.8 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

76% paved11% dirt10% grass3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:08 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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