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Hapgood Wright Town Forest

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.

Elevation

0 mi118 – 164 ft2.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Secondary Trail (red) 42.44861, -71.34281
Nearest town Concord, MA
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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 Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 8:03 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Secondary Trail (red), heading NE.
  2. 50 ftPass Fairyland Pond.
  3. 150 ftTurn right onto Connecting Trail (Blue), heading NE.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right onto Main Trail (yellow), heading E.
  5. 250 ftContinue straight onto Emerson Thoreau Amble, heading E.
  6. 0.8 miReach Fairyland Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Main Trail (yellow), heading W.
  8. 250 ftTurn left onto Connecting Trail (Blue), heading W.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left onto Secondary Trail (red), heading S.
  10. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/fairyland-pond-emerson-thoreau-amble-out-back-3-km

Trail surface

23% dirt77% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 82°F62°
Precip0%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity83%
Rained 1″ yesterday (1.7″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 5:41 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:03 PM
Wed 84°63°
Thu 88°70° 26%
Fri 96°72° 30%
Sat 94°70° 33%
Sun 96°68°
Mon 92°73° 15%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:43 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:03 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:35 PM.

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