Farm Pond & Blue Dot Trail
2.7 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 55 min
Farm Pond & Blue Dot Trail is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Nashoba Woodlands near Littleton Common, MA. The route passes Farm Pond and Farm Pond. It is mostly level, with 28 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Farm Pond & Blue Dot Trail
2.7 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 55 min
Elevation 242–291 ft
Out & Back · Nashoba Woodlands
Trailhead: 42.53043, -71.45472
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Dot Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto White Dot Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Farm Pond.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Dot Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Farm Pond.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Blue Dot Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miReach Farm Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Yellow Dot Trail, heading NE.
- 400 ftSharp right onto White Dot Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Yellow Dot Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miArrive 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 1.2 mi in (~30 min). Leave by 7:13 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:49 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Cobbs Pond & Farm Pond via Yellow Dot Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 29 ft
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