AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Footit Conservation Restriction

Ames Pond via Big Loop

5.9 mi · ▲ 557 ft · 2 hr 15 min

Ames Pond via Big Loop is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Footit Conservation Restriction near Locks Village, MA. The route reaches Ames Pond. It climbs 557 ft. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi863 – 1,152 ft6.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.49364, -72.42846
Nearest town Locks Village, MA
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Ames Pond via Big Loop

5.9 mi · ▲ 557 ft · 2 hr 15 min

Elevation 863–1,152 ft

Out & Back · Footit Conservation Restriction

Trailhead: 42.49364, -72.42846

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.4 miSharp right, heading SW.
  3. 1.4 miSharp left, heading NE.
  4. 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
  5. 0.5 miBear left onto Big Loop, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftPass Ames Pond.
  7. 0.2 miBear right onto Meadow Trail, heading W.
  8. 150 ftContinue straight onto Big Loop, heading NW.
  9. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  10. 350 ftReach Ames Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  12. 450 ftContinue straight onto Meadow Trail, heading N.
  13. 100 ftBear left onto Big Loop, heading NW.
  14. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  15. 0.5 miBear right, heading SE.
  16. 0.4 miSharp right, heading NE.
  17. 1.4 miSharp left, heading N.
  18. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/ames-pond-ames-pond-out-back-9-km

Trail surface

11% dirt89% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~31 min). Leave by 6:01 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:33 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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