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Cook's Woods

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.

Elevation

0 mi607 – 860 ft · steepest grade: 21%3.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Crystal Pond Loop 42.29646, -71.85929
Nearest town Camp Kinneywood, MA
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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 Aug 4: sunrise 5:44 AM · sunset 8:05 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Crystal Pond Loop, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftPass Crystal Pond.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left onto Cook's Path, heading E.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right onto Woonaskachu's Path (blue rctgl.), heading W.
  5. 0.5 miPass Thinking Rock.
  6. 0.3 miPass Cook Pond.
  7. 450 ftReach Thinking Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.9 miTurn left onto Cook's Path, heading E.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right onto Crystal Pond Loop, heading W.
  10. 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/crystal-pond-out-back

Trail surface

95% dirt5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:44 AMSunset 8:05 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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