Columbia Greenway Rail Viewpoint & Ponders Hollow Road via Southwick Rail Trail is a 9.7-mile out-and-back near Southwick, MA. The route reaches Columbia Greenway Rail Viewpoint. It climbs 281 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi128 – 272 ft9.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.04735, -72.76241
Nearest town Southwick, MA
Directions
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Columbia Greenway Rail Viewpoint & Ponders Hollow Road via Southwick Rail Trail
9.7 mi · ▲ 281 ft · 3 hr 22 min
Elevation 130–273 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 42.04735, -72.76241
Weather Sep 20: Light rain, high 61°F / low 56° · precip 63% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:54 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Southwick Rail Trail, heading N.
- 3 miContinue straight onto Columbia Greenway Rail Trail, heading N.
- 1.2 miPass Columbia Greenway Rail Viewpoint.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto South Meadow Road, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Ponders Hollow Road, heading SW.
- 0.5 miReach Columbia Greenway Rail Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto South Meadow Road, heading NE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Columbia Greenway Rail Trail, heading E.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Southwick Rail Trail, heading S.
- 3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
86% paved2% dirt12% unspecified
Weather
Light rainTemperature 61°F56°
Precip63%Wind6 mphUV0Humidity97%
Rained 1″ 7 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
65°50°
Sunrise 6:37 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:54 PM
Mon
65°53°
17%
Tue
61°45°
17%
Wed
65°45°
Thu
66°43°
16%
Fri
65°48°
30%
Sat
61°51°
28%
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