Baddacook Pond–Secret Squirrel, 3 sights
7.3 mi · ▲ 340 ft · 2 hr 36 min
Baddacook Pond–Secret Squirrel, 3 sights is a 7.3-mile out-and-back in Wharton Plantation near East Groton, MA. The route reaches Baddacook Pond at the turnaround, 3.6 miles in. It climbs 340 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 40/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Baddacook Pond–Secret Squirrel, 3 sights
7.3 mi · ▲ 340 ft · 2 hr 36 min
Elevation 237–345 ft
Out & Back · Wharton Plantation
Trailhead: 42.61914, -71.52274
Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 58°F / low 46° · precip 51% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Sledgehammer (■), heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Sledgehammer (♦), heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Secret Squirrel, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Dan Parker Road, heading NW.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 500 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miReach Baddacook Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 500 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Secret Squirrel, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Sledgehammer (♦), heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Sledgehammer (■), heading SW.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.1 mi in (~81 min). Leave by 5:08 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:24 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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