Crooked Pond via Pickeral Way
5.5 mi · ▲ 57 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Crooked Pond via Pickeral Way is a 5.5-mile out-and-back near Teaticket, MA. The route reaches Crooked Pond at the turnaround, 2.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 57 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Crooked Pond via Pickeral Way
5.5 mi · ▲ 57 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Elevation 34–105 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.58709, -70.60550
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 6:45 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Pickeral Way, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach Crooked Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.3 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 1.8 mi in (~43 min). Leave by 5:42 PM for the 6:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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