Richard Emmet Conservation Land
Fishing Pond & Little Desert Loop via Nashua Acton & Boston Railroad Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 148 ft · 1 hr 34 min
Fishing Pond & Little Desert Loop via Nashua Acton & Boston Railroad Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Richard Emmet Conservation Land near Carlisle Station, MA. The route reaches Fishing Pond at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 148 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Fishing Pond & Little Desert Loop via Nashua Acton & Boston Railroad Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 148 ft · 1 hr 34 min
Elevation 167–286 ft
Out & Back · Richard Emmet Conservation Land
Trailhead: 42.54627, -71.41311
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Little Desert Loop, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Old road to Little Desert, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Nashoba Trail (yellow), heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Nashua Acton & Boston Railroad Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miReach Fishing Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Marsh Trail - yellow diamond, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Old road to Little Desert, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 400 ftBear left onto Little Desert Loop, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.6 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 0.1 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:38 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:22 PM — 13 min before dark.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- NARA Park Beach–Little Desert Loop, 3 sights 5.4 mi · ▲ 203 ft
- Wills Hole–NARA Park Beach, 4 lakes 5.8 mi · ▲ 201 ft
- Red Viewpoint–Wills Hole, 4 beaches 5.9 mi · ▲ 206 ft
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