1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
2. 0.1 miBear right onto Emerson Thoreau Amble, heading E.
3. 0.4 miPass Fairyland Pond.
4. 450 ftTurn left onto Fairyland Pond Loop (yellow), heading E.
5. 150 ftTurn right onto Fairyland Pond Loop (Yellow Dot), heading S.
6. 50 ftTurn left onto (blue), heading SE.
7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Connecting Trail (blue), heading SE.
8. 150 ftTurn left onto Red Dot Trail, heading SE.
9. 0.2 miTurn left onto Main Trail (yellow), heading SE.
10. 350 ftSharp right onto Connecting Trail (blue), heading NE.
11. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
12. 400 ftTurn left, heading SE.
13. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
14. 400 ftPass Goose Pond.
15. 150 ftSharp right onto Goose Pond Spur, heading S.
16. 0.3 miPass Walden Pond State Reservation Beach.
17. 150 ftTurn right onto Pine Hill Spur, heading S.
18. 150 ftBear right onto Goose Pond Trail, heading S.
19. 250 ftPass Red Cross Beach.
20. 100 ftPass Walden Pond.
21. 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
22. 250 ftTurn left onto Lower Woods Path, heading W.
23. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
24. 50 ftBear left onto Ridge Path, heading NW.
25. 400 ftPass Walden Pond State Reservation Beach.
26. 250 ftTurn right onto Pond Path, heading SW.
27. 0.2 miPass Walden Pond State Reservation Beach.
28. 450 ftPass Andromeda Pond (north).
29. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
30. 50 ftPass Andromeda Pond (middle).
31. 300 ftSharp right onto Esker Trail, heading SW.
32. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
33. 350 ftPass Andromeda Pond (south).
34. 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
35. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
36. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
37. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Adams Woods - Mt Misery Path, heading SW.
38. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
39. 400 ftBear right, heading S.
40. 0.3 miBear right onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading SE.
41. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
42. 0.1 miPass Farrar Pond.
43. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
44. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
45. 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
46. 350 ftPass Lincoln Ridge Conservation Trust.
47. 50 ftPass Sudbury River.
48. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
49. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
50. 400 ftReach Lincoln Ridge Conservation Trust, then turn around and head back the way you came.
51. 400 ftTurn left, heading S.
52. 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
53. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
54. 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
55. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
56. 350 ftTurn left onto Adams Woods - Mt Misery Path, heading E.
57. 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
58. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
59. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
60. 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
61. 100 ftContinue straight onto Esker Trail, heading NW.
62. 50 ftSharp left onto Pond Path, heading NW.
63. 0.5 miTurn left onto Ridge Path, heading N.
64. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
65. 50 ftTurn left onto Lower Woods Path, heading N.
66. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
67. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
68. 100 ftContinue straight onto Goose Pond Trail, heading NW.
69. 450 ftBear left onto Pine Hill Spur, heading W.
70. 150 ftTurn left onto Goose Pond Spur, heading N.
71. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
72. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
73. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
74. 400 ftTurn left onto Connecting Trail (blue), heading S.
75. 0.1 miSharp left onto Main Trail (yellow), heading NE.
76. 400 ftTurn right onto Red Dot Trail, heading NE.
77. 0.2 miTurn right onto Connecting Trail (blue), heading E.
78. 150 ftContinue straight onto (blue), heading E.
79. 50 ftTurn right onto Fairyland Pond Loop (Yellow Dot), heading E.
80. 50 ftTurn left onto Fairyland Pond Loop (yellow), heading E.
81. 150 ftTurn right onto Emerson Thoreau Amble, heading E.
82. 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
83. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/farrar-pond-walden-pond-out-back-17-lakes-14-km