Mine Brook Wildlife Management Area

Beaver Pond

4.6 mi · ▲ 315 ft · 1 hr 41 min

Beaver Pond is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Mine Brook Wildlife Management Area near Lakeview Heights, MA. The route reaches Beaver Pond at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 315 ft. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi732 – 863 ft4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.05783, -71.81684
Nearest town Lakeview Heights, MA

Directions

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Beaver Pond

4.6 mi · ▲ 315 ft · 1 hr 41 min

Elevation 731–864 ft

Out & Back · Mine Brook Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 42.05783, -71.81684

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:50 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  3. 1.2 miBear left, heading S.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  5. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftReach Beaver Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  8. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  10. 1.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  11. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:50 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:30 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:50 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:18 PM.

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