Fairyland Pond & Emerson Thoreau Amble
1.9 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 39 min
Fairyland Pond & Emerson Thoreau Amble is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Hapgood Wright Town Forest near Concord, MA. The route reaches Fairyland Pond. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Fairyland Pond & Emerson Thoreau Amble
1.9 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 39 min
Elevation 118–164 ft
Out & Back · Hapgood Wright Town Forest
Trailhead: Secondary Trail (red) · 42.44861, -71.34281
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 6:48 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Secondary Trail (red), heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Fairyland Pond.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Connecting Trail (Blue), heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Main Trail (yellow), heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Emerson Thoreau Amble, heading E.
- 0.8 miReach Fairyland Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Main Trail (yellow), heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Connecting Trail (Blue), heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Secondary Trail (red), heading S.
- 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 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 6:27 PM for the 6:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:04 PM — 12 min before dark.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Secondary Trail (red) Trailhead
- Lincoln Ridge Conservation Trust–Farrar Pond, 15 lakes 9.3 mi · ▲ 366 ft
- Thoreau Street Conservation Restriction–Walden Pond, 8 lakes 5.3 mi · ▲ 172 ft
- Fairhaven Bay–Walden Pond, 10 lakes 5 mi · ▲ 143 ft
- Goose Pond–Fairyland Pond, 3 lakes 2.1 mi · ▲ 112 ft
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