Doleful Pond & Sprong Trail
2 mi · ▲ 112 ft · 43 min
Doleful Pond & Sprong Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Newtown Hill near Boxboro Station, MA. The route reaches Doleful Pond at the turnaround, 0.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 112 ft of elevation gain. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Doleful Pond & Sprong Trail
2 mi · ▲ 112 ft · 43 min
Elevation 287–365 ft
Out & Back · Newtown Hill
Trailhead: Sprong Trail · 42.51953, -71.47508
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
- Start on Sprong Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto yellow, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miPass Doleful Pond.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto orange, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto unmaintained, heading S.
- 450 ftReach Doleful Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto orange, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto yellow, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Sprong Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 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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The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~11 min). Leave by 7:33 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:28 PM — 8 min before dark.
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