Quartz Boulder–Farm Pond, 8 sights
4.8 mi · ▲ 340 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Quartz Boulder–Farm Pond, 8 sights is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Wachusett Meadows near Princeton Station, MA. The route passes Farm Pond and Rock Fire Pond before reaching Quartz Boulder at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 340 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Quartz Boulder–Farm Pond, 8 sights
4.8 mi · ▲ 340 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Elevation 1,003–1,256 ft
Out & Back · Wachusett Meadows
Trailhead: Dickens/Midstate Trail · 42.47584, -71.90296
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Dickens/Midstate Trail, heading W.
- 1.4 miPass Farm Pond.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Beaver Bend/Midstate Trail/Goodnow Road, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Beaver Bend Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Pasture Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miPass Rock Fire Pond.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Fern Forest Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach Quartz Boulder, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Pasture Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Beaver Bend Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Beaver Bend/Midstate Trail/Goodnow Road, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Chapman/Midstate Trail, heading N.
- 1.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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