South Meadow Road via Southwick Rail Trail is a 15.9-mile out-and-back near Congamond, MA. It is mostly level, with 140 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi128 – 272 ft16.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.99792, -72.76832
Nearest town Congamond, MA
Directions
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South Meadow Road via Southwick Rail Trail
15.9 mi · ▲ 140 ft · 5 hr 22 min
Elevation 127–272 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.99792, -72.76832
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:08 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Farmington Canal Heritage Trail, heading N.
- 2.4 miContinue straight onto Southwick Rail Trail, heading NE.
- 4.2 miContinue straight onto Columbia Greenway Rail Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto South Meadow Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miReach South Meadow Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Columbia Greenway Rail Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Southwick Rail Trail, heading S.
- 6.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 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
92% paved3% dirt5% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:08 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- Griffin Pond via Farmington Canal Heritage Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Goose Pond via Southwick Rail Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- New Gate Pond via Farmington Canal Heritage Trail 6.4 mi · ▲ 31 ft
- Columbia Greenway Rail Viewpoint via Southwick Rail Trail 15.6 mi · ▲ 140 ft
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