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Fruitlands Museum

Bare Hill Pond–(potential NHESP vernal pool), 5 sights

2.8 mi · ▲ 194 ft · 1 hr 2 min

Bare Hill Pond–(potential NHESP vernal pool), 5 sights is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Fruitlands Museum near Camp Green Eyrie, MA. The route passes (potential NHESP vernal pool) before reaching Bare Hill Pond at the turnaround, 1.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 194 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi348 – 459 ft3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.50707, -71.60912
Nearest town Camp Green Eyrie, MA
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Bare Hill Pond–(potential NHESP vernal pool), 5 sights

2.8 mi · ▲ 194 ft · 1 hr 2 min

Elevation 348–460 ft

Out & Back · Fruitlands Museum

Trailhead: 42.50707, -71.60912

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 450 ftBear left onto Unmarked mowed path, heading S.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 450 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
  5. 150 ftContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading SW.
  6. 150 ftBear left onto White Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.6 miPass (potential NHESP vernal pool).
  9. 300 ftTurn left onto Clapp Trail (yellow blaze), heading SE.
  10. 450 ftBear right onto Clapp Trail (blue), heading E.
  11. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  12. 250 ftReach Bare Hill Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
  14. 0.2 miBear left onto Clapp Trail (yellow blaze), heading N.
  15. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  16. 150 ftContinue straight onto Harvard Snowmobile Club Trail, heading N.
  17. 0.6 miTurn right onto White Trail, heading N.
  18. 0.2 miBear right onto Orange Trail, heading N.
  19. 150 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
  20. 0.1 miTurn left onto Unmarked mowed path, heading N.
  21. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  22. 250 ftArrive 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/bare-hill-pond-potential-nhesp-vernal-pool-out-back-5-sights

Trail surface

92% dirt8% grass

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:29 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:49 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:17 PM.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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