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Wharton Plantation

Massapoag Pond–Lower Massapoag Pond, 6 sights

12.9 mi · ▲ 822 ft · 4 hr 43 min

Massapoag Pond–Lower Massapoag Pond, 6 sights is a 12.9-mile out-and-back in Wharton Plantation near Dunstable, MA. The route passes Lower Massapoag Pond and Massapoag Pond before reaching Burnt Meadow Pond at the turnaround, 6.4 miles in. It climbs 822 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi164 – 364 ft · steepest grade: 17%13.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.66668, -71.47424
Nearest town Dunstable, MA
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Massapoag Pond–Lower Massapoag Pond, 6 sights

12.9 mi · ▲ 822 ft · 4 hr 43 min

Elevation 165–363 ft

Out & Back · Wharton Plantation

Trailhead: 42.66668, -71.47424

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 1.2 miPass Lower Massapoag Pond.
  3. 400 ftBear left, heading SE.
  4. 450 ftPass Massapoag Pond.
  5. 400 ftTurn right, heading W.
  6. 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 1.3 miTurn left onto Blood Road, heading W.
  10. 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
  11. 0.5 miBear left onto Dan Parker Road, heading SW.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left onto Secret Squirrel, heading SW.
  13. 0.7 miBear right onto Sledgehammer (♦), heading SE.
  14. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Sledgehammer (■), heading N.
  15. 0.5 miTurn left onto Burnt Meadow Trail, heading SW.
  16. 0.3 miPass Burnt Meadow Pond.
  17. 0.1 miReach Massapoag Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  19. 250 ftContinue straight onto Sledgehammer (■), heading S.
  20. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Sledgehammer (♦), heading S.
  21. 0.5 miBear left onto Secret Squirrel, heading NE.
  22. 0.7 miTurn right onto Dan Parker Road, heading N.
  23. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  24. 0.5 miTurn left onto Blood Road, heading E.
  25. 0.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
  26. 1.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  27. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  28. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  29. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  30. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  31. 1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/burnt-meadow-pond-burnt-meadow-pond-out-back-17-km-ac66

Trail surface

64% dirt36% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:41 AMSunset 8:04 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~24 min). Leave by 7:21 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:41 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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