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Winding Trails Recreation Area

Walton Pond & Trout Pond via Farmington Canal Heritage Trail

7.2 mi · ▲ 109 ft · 2 hr 27 min

Walton Pond & Trout Pond via Farmington Canal Heritage Trail is a 7.2-mile out-and-back in Winding Trails Recreation Area near Avon Park South, CT. The route passes Trout Pond before reaching Walton Pond at the turnaround, 3.6 miles in. It is mostly level, with 109 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi210 – 279 ft7.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Farmington Canal Heritage Trail 41.80115, -72.83560
Nearest town Avon Park South, CT
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Walton Pond & Trout Pond via Farmington Canal Heritage Trail

7.2 mi · ▲ 109 ft · 2 hr 27 min

Elevation 209–281 ft

Out & Back · Winding Trails Recreation Area

Trailhead: Farmington Canal Heritage Trail · 41.80115, -72.83560

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:07 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Farmington Canal Heritage Trail, heading S.
  2. 2.8 miTurn left, heading E.
  3. 500 ftSharp right, heading W.
  4. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  5. 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  6. 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  8. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  10. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  11. 0.1 miPass Trout Pond.
  12. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  13. 500 ftTurn left, heading S.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  15. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  16. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  17. 250 ftReach Walton Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 250 ftBear right, heading S.
  19. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  21. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  22. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  24. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  25. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  26. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  27. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  28. 200 ftSharp right, heading N.
  29. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  30. 250 ftSharp left, heading N.
  31. 2.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/walton-pond-trout-pond-out-back-3-lakes-12-km

Trail surface

78% paved22% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:07 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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