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Ware River Watershed

Long Pond–Browning Pond, 4 lakes

13.8 mi · ▲ 719 ft · 4 hr 58 min

Long Pond–Browning Pond, 4 lakes is a 13.8-mile out-and-back in Ware River Watershed near Rutland, MA. The route passes Thayer Pond, Whitehall Pond, Long Pond and Browning Pond before reaching Browning Pond at the turnaround, 6.9 miles in. It climbs 719 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi748 – 1,063 ft14.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Mass Central Rail Trail 42.38189, -71.96274
Nearest town Rutland, MA
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Long Pond–Browning Pond, 4 lakes

13.8 mi · ▲ 719 ft · 4 hr 58 min

Elevation 749–1,062 ft

Out & Back · Ware River Watershed

Trailhead: Mass Central Rail Trail · 42.38189, -71.96274

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:44 AM · sunset 8:05 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Mass Central Rail Trail, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftPass Thayer Pond.
  3. 2.3 miPass Whitehall Pond.
  4. 50 ftPass Long Pond.
  5. 0.4 miSharp left onto Midstate Trail, heading S.
  6. 1.9 miBear right, heading S.
  7. 0.9 miBear left, heading S.
  8. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 0.1 miPass Browning Pond.
  10. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  11. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
  12. 0.4 miPass Browning Pond.
  13. 150 ftReach Long Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
  15. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left onto West Camp Road, heading NW.
  17. 0.9 miBear right, heading N.
  18. 250 ftContinue straight onto Midstate Trail, heading NE.
  19. 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
  20. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  21. 1.5 miSharp right onto Mass Central Rail Trail, heading NW.
  22. 2.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/browning-pond-browning-pond-out-back-23-km

Trail surface

76% dirt24% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:44 AMSunset 8:05 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.8 mi in (~101 min). Leave by 6:05 PM for the 8:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:59 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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