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Farmers Cliff & Hutchins Pond via Estabrook Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Punkatasset Preserve near Concord, MA. The route passes Hutchins Pond before reaching Farmers Cliff at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 114 ft of elevation gain. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi157 – 217 ft3.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Two Rod Road 42.48184, -71.34354
Nearest town Concord, MA

Directions

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Farmers Cliff & Hutchins Pond via Estabrook Trail

3 mi · ▲ 114 ft · 1 hr 3 min

Elevation 157–217 ft

Out & Back · Punkatasset Preserve

Trailhead: Two Rod Road · 42.48184, -71.34354

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 6:48 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Hutchins Pond Trail (Yellow), heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Punkatasset Trail, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftPass Hutchins Pond.
  4. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Estabrook Trail, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  11. 0.2 miReach Farmers Cliff, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  14. 0.4 miSharp right, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  16. 0.4 miBear right onto Punkatasset Trail, heading E.
  17. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Hutchins Pond Trail (Yellow), heading NE.
  18. 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 surface

42% dirt25% gravel33% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 6:48 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 6:24 PM for the 6:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:08 PM — 8 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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