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Sacrifice Rock Woods

Great Herring Pond

3.5 mi · ▲ 145 ft · 1 hr 14 min

Great Herring Pond is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Sacrifice Rock Woods near Bournedale, MA. The route reaches Great Herring Pond at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 145 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi49 – 128 ft3.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.77661, -70.58066
Nearest town Bournedale, MA
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Great Herring Pond

3.5 mi · ▲ 145 ft · 1 hr 14 min

Elevation 50–129 ft

Out & Back · Sacrifice Rock Woods

Trailhead: 41.77661, -70.58066

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  3. 1.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  4. 0.6 miReach Great Herring Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 1.2 miBear right, heading W.
  7. 50 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/foundry-pond-foundry-pond-out-back-6-km-df61

Trail surface

32% dirt68% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 82°F63°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity85%
Rained 0.8″ yesterday (1″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 5:40 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:58 PM
Wed 82°66°
Thu 85°73°
Fri 86°73°
Sat 86°72° 18%
Sun 90°69°
Mon 88°74°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~37 min). Leave by 7:02 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:50 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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