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Webster Conservation Area

Hermit's Cave–Lunch Wall, 4 sights

2.1 mi · ▲ 62 ft · 44 min

Hermit's Cave–Lunch Wall, 4 sights is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Webster Conservation Area near Chestnut Hill, MA. The route passes Lunch Wall and Hermit's Cave. It is mostly level, with 62 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi157 – 213 ft2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Hammond Pond Parkway 42.33199, -71.18130
Nearest town Chestnut Hill, MA
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Hermit's Cave–Lunch Wall, 4 sights

2.1 mi · ▲ 62 ft · 44 min

Elevation 157–213 ft

Out & Back · Webster Conservation Area

Trailhead: Hammond Pond Parkway · 42.33199, -71.18130

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 8:02 PM

  1. Start on Hammond Pond Parkway, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftPass Lunch Wall.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading SW.
  4. 450 ftPass Hermit's Cave.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Green Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.7 miReach Hermit's Cave, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Blue Trail, heading NE.
  8. 450 ftTurn left onto Hammond Pond Parkway, heading NW.
  9. 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/hermits-cave-lunch-wall-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

29% paved13% gravel58% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:41 AMSunset 8:02 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:42 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:02 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:34 PM.

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