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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftBear left onto Farmington Canal Heritage Trail, heading N.
  3. 2.4 miContinue straight onto Southwick Rail Trail, heading NE.
  4. 4.2 miContinue straight onto Columbia Greenway Rail Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto South Meadow Road, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miReach South Meadow Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  11. 0.1 miTurn left onto Columbia Greenway Rail Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Southwick Rail Trail, heading S.
  13. 6.6 miBear right, heading S.
  14. 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

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