Foundry Pond & Canal Service Road via Bournedale Hills Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back near Bournedale, MA. The route reaches Foundry Pond. It is mostly level, with 227 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi13 – 174 ft3.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.76953, -70.56915
Nearest town Bournedale, MA
Directions
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Foundry Pond & Canal Service Road via Bournedale Hills Trail
2.9 mi · ▲ 227 ft · 1 hr 5 min
Elevation 11–174 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.76953, -70.56915
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 6:45 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Foundry Pond.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Bournedale Hills Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Canal Service Road, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Rt. 6 Overlook Connector, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Canal Service Road, heading SW.
- 0.4 miReach Foundry Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Rt. 6 Overlook Connector, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Canal Service Road, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Bournedale Hills Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.2 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:28 AMSunset 6:45 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 6:23 PM for the 6:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:02 PM — 11 min before dark.
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