Calla Pool–Lilly Pond, 4 sights is a 16-mile out-and-back in Weston Aqueduct Linear District near Weston, MA. The route passes Lilly Pond before reaching Calla Pool at the turnaround, 8 miles in. It climbs 452 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Calla Pool–Lilly Pond, 4 sights
16 mi · ▲ 452 ft · 5 hr 34 min
Elevation 117–309 ft
Out & Back · Weston Aqueduct Linear District
Trailhead: 42.35361, -71.32097
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Weston Aqueduct Path, heading NW.
- 4.2 miBear left onto Weston Aqueduct Trail, heading W.
- 2.3 miSharp right onto Framingham and Lowell Branch, heading SW.
- 0.7 miPass Lilly Pond.
- 200 ftReach Calla Pool, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Weston Aqueduct Walking Trail, heading S.
- 2 miContinue straight onto Weston Aqueduct Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Weston Aqueduct Path, heading E.
- 4.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~60 min). Leave by 6:42 PM for the 8:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:21 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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