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Greenough Pond & Wood Duck Trail

2.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 52 min

Greenough Pond & Wood Duck Trail is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Greenough Land near Riverside, MA. The route reaches Greenough Pond. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi115 – 135 ft3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Poison Ivy Trail 42.52662, -71.31797
Nearest town Riverside, MA
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Greenough Pond & Wood Duck Trail

2.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 52 min

Elevation 114–136 ft

Out & Back · Greenough Land

Trailhead: Poison Ivy Trail · 42.52662, -71.31797

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 8:03 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Poison Ivy Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pines Loop, heading E.
  3. 200 ftTurn left onto Red Tail Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right onto Red-Tail Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miPass Greenough Pond.
  6. 150 ftContinue straight onto Wood Duck Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.1 miContinue straight onto High Pond Bypass, heading NE.
  8. 300 ftTurn right onto Wood Duck Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
  10. 100 ftReach Greenough Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.6 miTurn left onto High Pond Bypass, heading SW.
  12. 300 ftContinue straight onto Wood Duck Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Red-Tail Trail, heading E.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left onto Red Tail Trail, heading SW.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right onto Pines Loop, heading W.
  16. 200 ftContinue straight onto Poison Ivy Trail, heading W.
  17. 450 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/greenough-pond-out-back-5-km-b041

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:41 AMSunset 8:03 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 7:39 PM for the 8:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:23 PM — 12 min before dark.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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