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Windsor Locks Canal State Park Trail is an 8.9-mile out-and-back near Thompsonville, CT. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi23 – 62 ft8.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.98757, -72.60581
Nearest town Thompsonville, CT

Directions

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Windsor Locks Canal State Park Trail

8.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 2 hr 59 min

Elevation 24–62 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.98757, -72.60581

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:07 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftSharp right onto Windsor Locks Canal State Park Trail, heading S.
  3. 4.4 miReach Windsor Locks Canal State Park Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 4.4 miSharp left, heading W.
  5. 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

100% paved

Weather

Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:07 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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