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Green Hill Park

Mine Shaft & Hermitage Pond via East Side Trail (blue rctgl.)

3.7 mi · ▲ 421 ft · 1 hr 27 min

Mine Shaft & Hermitage Pond via East Side Trail (blue rctgl.) is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Green Hill Park near Great Brook Valley, MA. The route passes Mine Shaft before reaching Hermitage Pond at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 421 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi387 – 755 ft3.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.29140, -71.76052
Nearest town Great Brook Valley, MA
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Mine Shaft & Hermitage Pond via East Side Trail (blue rctgl.)

3.7 mi · ▲ 421 ft · 1 hr 27 min

Elevation 387–754 ft

Out & Back · Green Hill Park

Trailhead: 42.29140, -71.76052

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:43 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miBear right onto East Side Trail (blue rctgl.), heading S.
  3. 0.3 miPass Mine Shaft.
  4. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Ghost Trail (white rctgl.), heading SW.
  5. 50 ftTurn right onto East Side Trail (blue rctgl.), heading SW.
  6. 0.6 miPass Hermitage Pond.
  7. 100 ftReach Mine Shaft, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.6 miTurn left onto Ghost Trail (white rctgl.), heading SE.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto East Side Trail (blue rctgl.), heading E.
  10. 1.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  11. 0.1 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/hermitage-pond-hermitage-pond-out-back-6-km

Trail surface

3% grass1% gravel96% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:43 AMSunset 8:04 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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