Berry Pond & Harold Parker State Forest Beach via Harold Parker Road
2.9 mi · ▲ 58 ft · 1 hr
Berry Pond & Harold Parker State Forest Beach via Harold Parker Road is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Harold Parker State Forest near Boxford Station, MA. The route passes Berry Pond before reaching Harold Parker State Forest Beach at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 58 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Berry Pond & Harold Parker State Forest Beach via Harold Parker Road
2.9 mi · ▲ 58 ft · 1 hr
Elevation 119–168 ft
Out & Back · Harold Parker State Forest
Trailhead: Harold Parker Road · 42.61483, -71.07365
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Harold Parker Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Healthy Heart Trail (BCT), heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear right, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miPass Harold Parker State Forest Beach.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftReach Berry Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Harold Parker Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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