Frye Pond & Harold Parker State Forest Beach via Lorraine Road
2.1 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 44 min
Frye Pond & Harold Parker State Forest Beach via Lorraine Road is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Harold Parker State Forest near North Reading, MA. The route passes Harold Parker State Forest Beach, Frye Pond and Harold Parker State Forest Beach. It is mostly level, with 56 ft of elevation gain. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Frye Pond & Harold Parker State Forest Beach via Lorraine Road
2.1 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 44 min
Elevation 91–125 ft
Out & Back · Harold Parker State Forest
Trailhead: Berry Pond Road · 42.61297, -71.09099
Weather Aug 4: Heavy rain, high 77°F / low 69° · precip 86% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Berry Pond Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Harold Parker State Forest Beach.
- 200 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 100 ftPass Frye Pond.
- 50 ftPass Harold Parker State Forest Beach.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Lorraine Road, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miReach Frye Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Berry Pond Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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