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Newgate Pond–Newgate Sportsmens Club Pond No 1, 3 lakes is a 5-mile out-and-back near Granbrook Park, CT. The route passes Newgate Pond and Newgate Sportsmens Club Pond No 2 before reaching Newgate Sportsmens Club Pond No 1 at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 191 ft of elevation gain. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi230 – 331 ft5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: connector 41.95364, -72.76878
Nearest town Granbrook Park, CT

Directions

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Newgate Pond–Newgate Sportsmens Club Pond No 1, 3 lakes

5 mi · ▲ 191 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Elevation 231–332 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: connector · 41.95364, -72.76878

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 400 ftSharp left onto Farmington Canal Heritage Trail, heading NE.
  3. 150 ftBear left, heading N.
  4. 0.8 miTurn right, heading E.
  5. 0.7 miPass Newgate Pond.
  6. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  8. 0.5 miPass Newgate Sportsmens Club Pond No 2.
  9. 50 ftPass Newgate Sportsmens Club Pond No 1.
  10. 150 ftReach Newgate Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  13. 1.9 miBear left, heading S.
  14. 150 ftSharp right, heading S.
  15. 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

34% paved16% dirt14% grass36% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:08 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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