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Mount Toby State Forest

Cranberry Pond–Crannberry Pond Trail, 5 sights

2.9 mi · ▲ 576 ft · 1 hr 15 min

Cranberry Pond–Crannberry Pond Trail, 5 sights is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Mount Toby State Forest near North Sunderland, MA. The route reaches Cranberry Pond at the turnaround, 1.2 miles in. It climbs 576 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi354 – 709 ft · steepest grade: 22%3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old road 42.50266, -72.53566
Nearest town North Sunderland, MA
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Cranberry Pond–Crannberry Pond Trail, 5 sights

2.9 mi · ▲ 576 ft · 1 hr 15 min

Elevation 355–708 ft

Out & Back · Mount Toby State Forest

Trailhead: Old road · 42.50266, -72.53566

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

  1. Start on Old road, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miBear left onto Sugar Farms Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading S.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left onto Hemlock Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Tower Road, heading N.
  6. 200 ftBear right onto White Pine Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miSharp right onto Crannberry Pond Trail, heading S.
  8. 50 ftPass Cranberry Pond.
  9. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Tower Road, heading S.
  10. 250 ftTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading W.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left onto Bridle Path, heading N.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right onto Sugar Farms Trail, heading N.
  14. 0.2 miBear left onto Old road, heading N.
  15. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/cranberry-pond-cranberry-pond-out-back-5-km-36d7

Trail surface

48% dirt9% other43% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

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