Duck Pond & Duck Pond Loop via Duck Pond Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 325 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Duck Pond & Duck Pond Loop via Duck Pond Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Hopkinton State Park near Southville, MA. The route reaches Duck Pond at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 325 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Duck Pond & Duck Pond Loop via Duck Pond Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 325 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Elevation 300–521 ft
Out & Back · Hopkinton State Park
Trailhead: 42.25382, -71.54136
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:43 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Saddle Hill Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Duck Pond Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Duck Pond Loop, heading W.
- 0.2 miReach Duck Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Duck Pond Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 250 ftBear right onto Saddle Hill Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:37 PM for the 8:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:23 PM — 12 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Duck Pond Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 293 ft
- Pipeline Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 293 ft
- MWRA easement via Duck Pond Trail 5 mi · ▲ 437 ft
- Hopkinton Reservoir–Hopkinton Reservoir Beach, 4 sights 5.9 mi · ▲ 405 ft
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