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Willowdale State Forest

Hood Pond–Hood Pond Community Beach, 6 sights

9.6 mi · ▲ 140 ft · 3 hr 16 min

Hood Pond–Hood Pond Community Beach, 6 sights is a 9.6-mile out-and-back in Willowdale State Forest near Nancys Corner, MA. The route passes Hood Pond Community Beach before reaching Hood Pond at the turnaround, 4.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 140 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi46 – 135 ft10.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.66263, -70.88104
Nearest town Nancys Corner, MA
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Hood Pond–Hood Pond Community Beach, 6 sights

9.6 mi · ▲ 140 ft · 3 hr 16 min

Elevation 44–134 ft

Out & Back · Willowdale State Forest

Trailhead: 42.66263, -70.88104

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 8:02 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  4. 0.4 miBear left onto Displacement, heading NW.
  5. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  6. 0.8 miTurn right onto Root Canal, heading W.
  7. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Stomper, heading NW.
  8. 100 ftContinue straight onto Root Canal, heading W.
  9. 250 ftTurn right onto Willowdale Road West, heading SW.
  10. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
  11. 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 0.1 miBear left onto Hennigar's Pass, heading W.
  13. 50 ftTurn right onto Hood Pond Hoofit, heading W.
  14. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Stinger, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  16. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  17. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  18. 0.2 miPass Hood Pond Community Beach.
  19. 250 ftReach Hood Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
  21. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  22. 1.6 miTurn left onto Hennigar's Pass, heading SE.
  23. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  24. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  25. 400 ftTurn right onto Willowdale Road West, heading SE.
  26. 0.7 miTurn left onto Root Canal, heading E.
  27. 250 ftContinue straight onto Stomper, heading E.
  28. 100 ftContinue straight onto Root Canal, heading E.
  29. 0.1 miTurn left onto Displacement, heading SE.
  30. 0.8 miBear right, heading E.
  31. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  32. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  33. 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/hood-pond-out-back-17-km-6bda

Trail surface

69% dirt31% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:39 AMSunset 8:02 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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