Cook Pond & Silver Spring Trail via Cascades Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 615 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Cook Pond & Silver Spring Trail via Cascades Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Cascades West near West Tatnuck, MA. The route reaches Cook Pond at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 615 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi617 – 1,096 ft · steepest grade: 21%3.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.28750, -71.87934
Nearest town West Tatnuck, MA
Directions
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Cook Pond & Silver Spring Trail via Cascades Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 615 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Elevation 618–1,097 ft
Out & Back · Cascades West
Trailhead: 42.28750, -71.87934
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:44 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Meadow Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Silver Spring Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Cascades Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach Cook Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Silver Spring Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Meadow Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
70% dirt30% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:44 AMSunset 8:05 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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