1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
2. 50 ftTurn right onto Secondary Trail (red), heading S.
3. 50 ftPass Fairyland Pond.
4. 0.2 miTurn left onto Harry Beyer Assessed Trail, heading NE.
5. 200 ftContinue straight onto Main Trail (yellow), heading E.
6. 0.1 miTurn right onto Thoreau's on Path Brister's Hill, heading E.
7. 250 ftBear left onto Alternate Thoreau's on Path Brister's Hill, heading SE.
8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
9. 0.1 miSharp right onto Goose Pond Spur, heading SE.
10. 50 ftPass Goose Pond.
11. 0.3 miPass Walden Pond State Reservation Beach.
12. 50 ftTurn right onto Pine Hill Spur, heading S.
13. 150 ftBear right onto Goose Pond Trail, heading S.
14. 350 ftPass Red Cross Beach.
15. 50 ftPass Walden Pond.
16. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
17. 250 ftTurn left onto Lower Woods Path, heading SW.
18. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
19. 50 ftBear left onto Ridge Path, heading NW.
20. 500 ftPass Walden Pond State Reservation Beach.
21. 150 ftTurn right onto Pond Path, heading SW.
22. 0.2 miPass Walden Pond State Reservation Beach.
23. 0.1 miTurn right onto Fire Road North, heading SW.
24. 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
25. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
26. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
27. 400 ftReach Thoreau Street Conservation Restriction, then turn around and head back the way you came.
28. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
29. 0.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
30. 0.7 miTurn left onto Pond Path, heading SE.
31. 0.3 miTurn left onto Ridge Path, heading SE.
32. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
33. 50 ftTurn left onto Lower Woods Path, heading E.
34. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
35. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
36. 150 ftContinue straight onto Goose Pond Trail, heading NE.
37. 400 ftBear left onto Pine Hill Spur, heading NE.
38. 150 ftTurn left onto Goose Pond Spur, heading SE.
39. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
40. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
41. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Alternate Thoreau's on Path Brister's Hill, heading N.
42. 450 ftBear right onto Thoreau's on Path Brister's Hill, heading N.
43. 250 ftTurn left onto Main Trail (yellow), heading NE.
44. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Harry Beyer Assessed Trail, heading NE.
45. 200 ftTurn right onto Secondary Trail (red), heading NE.
46. 0.2 miTurn left onto Fairyland Pond Loop (yellow), heading W.
47. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/goose-pond-main-beach-out-back-7-beaches-8-km-27d3