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Heald Pond Conservation Area

Heald Pond via Jeff Smith Trail

3 mi · ▲ 143 ft · 1 hr 4 min

Heald Pond via Jeff Smith Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Heald Pond Conservation Area near Burkinshaws Factory, MA. The route reaches Heald Pond. It is mostly level, with 143 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi358 – 459 ft3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.67073, -71.62224
Nearest town Burkinshaws Factory, MA
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Heald Pond via Jeff Smith Trail

3 mi · ▲ 143 ft · 1 hr 4 min

Elevation 357–460 ft

Out & Back · Heald Pond Conservation Area

Trailhead: 42.67073, -71.62224

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:05 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  4. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 0.7 miPass Heald Pond.
  7. 100 ftBear right onto Jeff Smith Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.4 miReach Heald Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
  10. 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  11. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  12. 100 ftBear left, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  14. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/heald-pond-out-back-4-km-6c99

Trail surface

81% dirt19% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:05 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Other ways to reach this destination

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