Rock Meadow Pond & Half Moon Pond via Half Moon Road
5 mi · ▲ 227 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Rock Meadow Pond & Half Moon Pond via Half Moon Road is a 5-mile out-and-back in Rocky Hill Wildlife Sanctuary near Devenscrest, MA. The route passes Rock Meadow Pond before reaching Half Moon Pond at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 227 ft of elevation gain. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Rock Meadow Pond & Half Moon Pond via Half Moon Road
5 mi · ▲ 227 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Elevation 239–378 ft
Out & Back · Rocky Hill Wildlife Sanctuary
Trailhead: 42.56580, -71.55979
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 83°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.4 miPass Rock Meadow Pond.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miPass Half Moon Pond.
- 50 ftBear right onto Half Moon Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miReach Rock Meadow Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.8 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.4 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~46 min). Leave by 6:58 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:03 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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