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Deep Bottom Pond–Little Halfway Pond, 7 sights

13.5 mi · ▲ 707 ft · 4 hr 51 min

Deep Bottom Pond–Little Halfway Pond, 7 sights is a 13.5-mile out-and-back near Camp Edwards, MA. The route passes Little Halfway Pond, Donnelly Pond and Deep Bottom Pond. It climbs 707 ft. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi56 – 236 ft14.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.67547, -70.57269
Nearest town Camp Edwards, MA
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Deep Bottom Pond–Little Halfway Pond, 7 sights

13.5 mi · ▲ 707 ft · 4 hr 51 min

Elevation 56–235 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.67547, -70.57269

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 6:45 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left onto Fredrikson Road, heading NE.
  3. 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  6. 450 ftBear left onto Chenault Road, heading NE.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  8. 0.7 miBear right onto Pew Road, heading NW.
  9. 1.1 miTurn left onto Snake Pond Road, heading N.
  10. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  11. 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  13. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  14. 1.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  15. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  16. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  17. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  18. 350 ftBear left, heading N.
  19. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  20. 0.2 miTurn left onto Canal View Road, heading N.
  21. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  22. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  23. 0.4 miPass Little Halfway Pond.
  24. 50 ftPass Donnelly Pond.
  25. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  26. 0.4 miSharp right, heading NW.
  27. 50 ftBear left onto Wood Road, heading NW.
  28. 0.1 miTurn left onto Avery Road, heading N.
  29. 0.1 miPass Deep Bottom Pond.
  30. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  31. 0.2 miReach Deep Bottom Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  32. 0.6 miTurn right onto Wood Road, heading SE.
  33. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  34. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  35. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  36. 0.4 miTurn left onto Canal View Road, heading S.
  37. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  38. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  39. 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
  40. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  41. 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
  42. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  43. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  44. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  45. 1.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  46. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  47. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  48. 350 ftTurn left onto Snake Pond Road, heading SE.
  49. 0.5 miTurn right onto Pew Road, heading SW.
  50. 1.1 miBear left, heading S.
  51. 0.7 miTurn right onto Chenault Road, heading S.
  52. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  53. 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
  54. 0.4 miTurn right onto Fredrikson Road, heading E.
  55. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  56. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  57. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/deep-bottom-pond-little-halfway-pond-out-back-5-lakes-22-km-ec18

Trail surface

24% dirt76% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:28 AMSunset 6:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~45 min). Leave by 5:40 PM for the 6:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:43 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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