Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary
Great Heron Pond–Blue Well Trail, 4 sights
2.1 mi · ▲ 114 ft · 45 min
Great Heron Pond–Blue Well Trail, 4 sights is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary near Dorothy Pond, MA. The route reaches Great Heron Pond at the turnaround, 0.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 114 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Great Heron Pond–Blue Well Trail, 4 sights
2.1 mi · ▲ 114 ft · 45 min
Elevation 449–554 ft
Out & Back · Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary
Trailhead: Holdredge Trail · 42.23276, -71.76418
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:44 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Holdredge Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Lady Slipper Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Cardinal Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Blue Well Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Great Heron Pond.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Holdredge Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Sprague Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Holdredge Trail, heading NW.
- 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.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Holdredge Trail Trailhead
- Holdredge Trail–Sprague Trail Extension, 3 sights 2 mi · ▲ 199 ft
- Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary Viewpoint–Great Heron Pond, 5 sights 2.2 mi · ▲ 143 ft
- Sagatabscot Ridge Viewpoint–Great Heron Pond, 6 sights 2.3 mi · ▲ 143 ft
- Great Heron Pond–Cardinal Trail, 5 sights 2.4 mi · ▲ 143 ft
- Union Hill–Great Heron Pond, 6 sights 3.1 mi · ▲ 288 ft
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