Trout Pond via Farmington Canal Heritage Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Winding Trails Recreation Area near Avon Park South, CT. The route reaches Trout Pond at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 85 ft of elevation gain. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi200 – 279 ft5.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.78191, -72.83636
Nearest town Avon Park South, CT
Directions
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Trout Pond via Farmington Canal Heritage Trail
5 mi · ▲ 85 ft · 1 hr 43 min
Elevation 199–281 ft
Out & Back · Winding Trails Recreation Area
Trailhead: 41.78191, -72.83636
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Farmington Canal Heritage Trail, heading S.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 500 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach Trout Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 1.6 miTurn right, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
59% paved41% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:07 PM
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