Sudden Pond & Bay Circuit Trail via Harold Parker Road
4.8 mi · ▲ 197 ft · 1 hr 42 min
Sudden Pond & Bay Circuit Trail via Harold Parker Road is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Harold Parker State Forest near Boxford Station, MA. The route reaches Sudden Pond at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 197 ft of elevation gain. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Sudden Pond & Bay Circuit Trail via Harold Parker Road
4.8 mi · ▲ 197 ft · 1 hr 42 min
Elevation 101–172 ft
Out & Back · Harold Parker State Forest
Trailhead: Bay Circuit Trail · 42.62463, -71.10032
Weather Aug 4: Heavy rain, high 77°F / low 68° · precip 87% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Bay Circuit Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Harold Parker Road, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Acorn Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn right onto White Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftReach Sudden Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Stearns Pond Road (and Blue Loop), heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Acorn Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Harold Parker Road, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Healthy Heart Trail (BCT), heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 200 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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