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Winding Trails Recreation Area

Walton Pond & Trout Pond via Farmington Canal Heritage Trail

9.7 mi · ▲ 447 ft · 3 hr 27 min

Walton Pond & Trout Pond via Farmington Canal Heritage Trail is a 9.7-mile out-and-back in Winding Trails Recreation Area near Farmington, CT. The route passes Trout Pond before reaching Walton Pond at the turnaround, 4.8 miles in. It climbs 447 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi164 – 279 ft · steepest grade: 15%10.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.75555, -72.82773
Nearest town Farmington, CT
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Walton Pond & Trout Pond via Farmington Canal Heritage Trail

9.7 mi · ▲ 447 ft · 3 hr 27 min

Elevation 164–281 ft

Out & Back · Winding Trails Recreation Area

Trailhead: 41.75555, -72.82773

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.7 miSharp left, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  4. 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
  5. 100 ftBear left, heading N.
  6. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
  7. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  9. 350 ftTurn left onto Farmington Canal Heritage Trail, heading W.
  10. 1.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
  11. 500 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  12. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  13. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  14. 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  16. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  17. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  18. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  19. 150 ftPass Trout Pond.
  20. 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
  21. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  22. 100 ftReach Walton Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  23. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  24. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  25. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  26. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  27. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  28. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  29. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  30. 200 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  31. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  32. 250 ftSharp left, heading N.
  33. 1.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  34. 300 ftTurn left, heading N.
  35. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  36. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  37. 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
  38. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
  39. 450 ftBear right, heading S.
  40. 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
  41. 0.6 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-winding-trails-recreation-area-beach-out-back-6-lakes-16-km

Trail surface

31% paved1% grass68% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:07 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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