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Saw Mill Hills Conservation Area

Florence Pond–Blue Blazed Loop Trail, 6 sights

5.4 mi · ▲ 768 ft · 2 hr 11 min

Florence Pond–Blue Blazed Loop Trail, 6 sights is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Saw Mill Hills Conservation Area near West Farms, MA. The route reaches Florence Pond at the turnaround, 2.7 miles in. It climbs 768 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi256 – 522 ft · steepest grade: 18%5.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Blue Blazed Loop Trail 42.30884, -72.71455
Nearest town West Farms, MA
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Florence Pond–Blue Blazed Loop Trail, 6 sights

5.4 mi · ▲ 768 ft · 2 hr 11 min

Elevation 257–523 ft

Out & Back · Saw Mill Hills Conservation Area

Trailhead: Blue Blazed Loop Trail · 42.30884, -72.71455

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

  1. Start on Blue Blazed Loop Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.5 miTurn left onto White Blazed Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  5. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  6. 0.4 miSharp left, heading E.
  7. 0.3 miBear right onto Flat Rock, heading N.
  8. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miBear left onto The White Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.1 miContinue straight onto The Blue Trail, heading N.
  11. 200 ftBear right onto Old Carriage Trail, heading NE.
  12. 0.4 miBear right onto Shipley Shortcut, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left onto The Blue Trail, heading SE.
  14. 150 ftBear left onto Lowland Loop, heading E.
  15. 500 ftPass Florence Pond.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  17. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  18. 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
  19. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  20. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  21. 500 ftBear left, heading NW.
  22. 0.1 miTurn right onto Old Carriage Trail, heading S.
  23. 0.8 miTurn right onto White Blazed Trail, heading SW.
  24. 0.2 miTurn right onto Blue Blazed Loop Trail, heading SW.
  25. 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
  26. 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/florence-pond-loop-5-km-cdf8

Trail surface

83% dirt17% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:47 AMSunset 8:08 PM

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