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Memorial Forest

White Pond–Duck Pond, 5 lakes

16.1 mi · ▲ 189 ft · 5 hr 28 min

White Pond–Duck Pond, 5 lakes is a 16.1-mile out-and-back in Memorial Forest near Pine Lake, MA. The route passes Duck Pond and Cricket Pond before reaching White Pond at the turnaround, 8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 189 ft of elevation gain. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi125 – 207 ft16.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pipeline Pass 42.36963, -71.47843
Nearest town Pine Lake, MA
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White Pond–Duck Pond, 5 lakes

16.1 mi · ▲ 189 ft · 5 hr 28 min

Elevation 126–206 ft

Out & Back · Memorial Forest

Trailhead: Pipeline Pass · 42.36963, -71.47843

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:03 PM

  1. Start on Pipeline Pass, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Plymton Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.5 miSharp left onto Desert Loop Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.5 miBear right onto Brookside Bypass, heading E.
  5. 0.1 miPass Duck Pond.
  6. 50 ftTurn right onto Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside, heading SE.
  7. 2.3 miTurn left onto Mass Central Rail Trail, heading N.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  10. 1.2 miPass Cricket Pond.
  11. 2.2 miBear left, heading N.
  12. 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto Sudbury Conservation Trail, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftBear right onto Yellow, heading NE.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left onto Red, heading E.
  16. 150 ftContinue straight onto Blue, heading NE.
  17. 100 ftSharp left onto Red, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftReach White Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 50 ftSharp right onto Blue, heading NE.
  20. 100 ftContinue straight onto Red, heading NE.
  21. 150 ftTurn right onto Yellow, heading NE.
  22. 0.2 miBear left onto Sudbury Conservation Trail, heading E.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  24. 50 ftBear left onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading E.
  25. 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
  26. 3.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  27. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  28. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Mass Central Rail Trail, heading S.
  29. 50 ftTurn right onto Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside, heading S.
  30. 2.3 miTurn left onto Brookside Bypass, heading NW.
  31. 0.2 miBear left onto Desert Loop Trail, heading NW.
  32. 0.5 miSharp right onto Plymton Trail, heading SW.
  33. 0.5 miTurn left onto Pipeline Pass, heading S.
  34. 100 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/duck-pond-duck-pond-out-back-22-km-ab22

Trail surface

59% paved14% dirt27% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:03 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.1 mi in (~127 min). Leave by 5:37 PM for the 8:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:25 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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