AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Misty Meadows Conservation Area

Herring Brook via Harry and Mary Todd Trail

3 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 2 min

Herring Brook via Harry and Mary Todd Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Misty Meadows Conservation Area near North Pembroke, MA. The route reaches Herring Brook at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi3 – 49 ft3.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.08171, -70.79590
Nearest town North Pembroke, MA
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Herring Brook via Harry and Mary Todd Trail

3 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 2 min

Elevation 4–48 ft

Out & Back · Misty Meadows Conservation Area

Trailhead: 42.08171, -70.79590

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 8:00 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right onto Harry and Mary Todd Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
  4. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  5. 0.3 miReach Herring Brook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
  7. 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 0.3 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/herring-brook-out-back-5-km-a81a

Trail surface

55% dirt45% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:40 AMSunset 8:00 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~31 min). Leave by 7:09 PM for the 8:00 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:46 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near North Pembroke, Massachusetts