FIRST ATTACKED–Be On Time/Study, 25 sights
7.2 mi · ▲ 321 ft · 2 hr 34 min
FIRST ATTACKED–Be On Time/Study, 25 sights is a 7.2-mile out-and-back in Babson Watershed near Eden Square, MA. The route passes Cape Pond, Cape Pond, Prosperity Follows Service and 14 more before reaching Goose Cove Resevoir at the turnaround, 3.6 miles in. It climbs 321 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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FIRST ATTACKED–Be On Time/Study, 25 sights
7.2 mi · ▲ 321 ft · 2 hr 34 min
Elevation 66–179 ft
Out & Back · Babson Watershed
Trailhead: 42.64980, -70.60456
Weather Sep 20: Light drizzle, high 62°F / low 50° · precip 45% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 6:45 PM
Transit-accessible: South Street & Jerdens Lane stop 593 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Old Joppa Road, heading N.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Rum Runner, heading NW.
- 0.3 miPass Cape Pond.
- 300 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miPass Cape Pond.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Rocky Rd, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Tarr Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Moraine Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Art's Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Prosperity Follows Service.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Moraine Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Be On Time/Study.
- 50 ftPass If Work Stops Values Decay.
- 50 ftPass 22.
- 50 ftPass 21.
- 250 ftPass Moraine.
- 50 ftPass 20.
- 50 ftPass D.T. SQ.
- 50 ftPass D.T SQ.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Dogtown Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miPass FIRST ATTACKED.
- 50 ftPass Never Try Never Win.
- 50 ftPass 17.
- 50 ftPass 18.
- 50 ftPass JAS MERRY.
- 50 ftPass 19.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Adams Pines Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Common Road, heading NW.
- 150 ftPass Goose Cove Resevoir.
- 250 ftReach FIRST ATTACKED, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Adams Pines Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Dogtown Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Moraine Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Art's Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Moraine Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Tarr Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Rocky Rd, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Rum Runner, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Old Joppa Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.6 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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- Transit-accessible: South Street & Jerdens Lane stop 593 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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