Flints Pond & Old Bedford Road is a 6-mile out-and-back in Flints Pond Conservation Area near Baker Bridge, MA. The route reaches Flints Pond. It is mostly level, with 179 ft of elevation gain. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi233 – 318 ft6.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.42798, -71.32358
Nearest town Baker Bridge, MA
Directions
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Flints Pond & Old Bedford Road
6 mi · ▲ 179 ft · 2 hr 5 min
Elevation 233–318 ft
Out & Back · Flints Pond Conservation Area
Trailhead: 42.42798, -71.32358
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
Dogs allowed on leash
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Flints Pond.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Old Bedford Road, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 200 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Flints Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 400 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 300 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading N.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 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
47% dirt6% paved47% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:41 AMSunset 8:03 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:43 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:03 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:34 PM.
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
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