Thinking Rock–Cook Pond, 4 lakes
3.2 mi · ▲ 375 ft · 1 hr 15 min
Thinking Rock–Cook Pond, 4 lakes is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Cook's Woods near Camp Kinneywood, MA. The route passes Crystal Pond and Thinking Rock before reaching Cook Pond at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It climbs 375 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Thinking Rock–Cook Pond, 4 lakes
3.2 mi · ▲ 375 ft · 1 hr 15 min
Elevation 609–861 ft
Out & Back · Cook's Woods
Trailhead: Crystal Pond Loop · 42.29646, -71.85929
Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 59°F / low 50° · precip 65% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Crystal Pond Loop, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Crystal Pond.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Cook's Path, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Woonaskachu's Path (blue rctgl.), heading W.
- 0.5 miPass Thinking Rock.
- 0.3 miPass Cook Pond.
- 450 ftReach Thinking Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Cook's Path, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Crystal Pond Loop, heading W.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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