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Baldpate Pond State Park

Baldpate Pond via Georgetown Rail Trail right-of-way

2.3 mi · ▲ 59 ft · 48 min

Baldpate Pond via Georgetown Rail Trail right-of-way is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Baldpate Pond State Park near South Georgetown, MA. The route reaches Baldpate Pond. It is mostly level, with 59 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi89 – 144 ft2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.70324, -71.00287
Nearest town South Georgetown, MA
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Baldpate Pond via Georgetown Rail Trail right-of-way

2.3 mi · ▲ 59 ft · 48 min

Elevation 90–144 ft

Out & Back · Baldpate Pond State Park

Trailhead: 42.70324, -71.00287

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  3. 50 ftPass Baldpate Pond.
  4. 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  6. 150 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  7. 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
  8. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  10. 450 ftTurn right onto Georgetown Rail Trail right-of-way, heading NE.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  12. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Overlook, heading W.
  13. 0.2 miReach Baldpate Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Jacob Perkins Trail, heading E.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left onto Georgetown Rail Trail right-of-way, heading NE.
  16. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  17. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
  18. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  20. 200 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  21. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  22. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  23. 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  24. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/baldpate-pond-baldpate-pond-out-back-3-km-6484

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:47 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~28 min). Leave by 5:59 PM for the 6:47 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:31 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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