Saw Mill Hills Conservation Area
Florence Pond–Blue Blazed Loop Trail, 4 sights
5.4 mi · ▲ 550 ft · 2 hr 5 min
Florence Pond–Blue Blazed Loop Trail, 4 sights is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Saw Mill Hills Conservation Area near Florence, MA. The route reaches Florence Pond. It climbs 550 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Florence Pond–Blue Blazed Loop Trail, 4 sights
5.4 mi · ▲ 550 ft · 2 hr 5 min
Elevation 251–523 ft
Out & Back · Saw Mill Hills Conservation Area
Trailhead: Lowland Loop · 42.32750, -72.68286
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:08 PM
Transit-accessible: Florence / Ryan stop 438 m from the trailhead
- Start on Lowland Loop, heading NW.
- 0.2 miPass Florence Pond.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Old Carriage Trail, heading W.
- 1.6 miTurn right onto White Blazed Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Blue Blazed Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miReach Florence Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto White Blazed Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Old Carriage Trail, heading NE.
- 1 miBear left onto Lowland Loop, heading E.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Transit-accessible: Florence / Ryan stop 438 m from the trailhead
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- Florence Pond & Moms via Old Carriage Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 259 ft
- Florence Pond–Flat Rock, 7 sights 3.6 mi · ▲ 317 ft
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