1. Start on Main Trail (yellow), heading S.
2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Red Dot Trail, heading NW.
3. 0.2 miPass Fairyland Pond.
4. 200 ftTurn right onto Connecting Trail (blue), heading NW.
5. 150 ftContinue straight onto (blue), heading NW.
6. 50 ftTurn right onto Fairyland Pond Loop (Yellow Dot), heading NW.
7. 50 ftTurn left onto Fairyland Pond Loop (yellow), heading NW.
8. 150 ftTurn right onto Emerson Thoreau Amble, heading NW.
9. 0.9 miReach Fairyland Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
10. 0.9 miTurn left onto Fairyland Pond Loop (yellow), heading W.
11. 150 ftTurn right onto Fairyland Pond Loop (Yellow Dot), heading E.
12. 50 ftTurn left onto (blue), heading E.
13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Connecting Trail (blue), heading SE.
14. 150 ftTurn left onto Red Dot Trail, heading S.
15. 0.2 miTurn left onto Main Trail (yellow), heading NE.
16. 0.1 miArrive 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/thoreaus-on-path-bristers-hill-viewpoint-fairyland-pond-out-back-4-km