Hinkley Swim Pond via Woodcliff Hills Trail
2.7 mi · ▲ 139 ft · 58 min
Hinkley Swim Pond via Woodcliff Hills Trail is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Pinecroft Farm near Farm Street Station, MA. The route reaches Hinkley Swim Pond at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 139 ft of elevation gain. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Hinkley Swim Pond via Woodcliff Hills Trail
2.7 mi · ▲ 139 ft · 58 min
Elevation 183–316 ft
Out & Back · Pinecroft Farm
Trailhead: Water Easement · 42.20435, -71.29619
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 83°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:02 PM
- Start on Water Easement, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Flint Locke - Hawthorne Link Path, heading N.
- 500 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Woodcliff Hills Trail, heading SW.
- 1.1 miReach Hinkley Swim Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Flint Locke - Hawthorne Link Path, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Water Easement, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive 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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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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