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Kingsbury Pond–Border Trail, 3 sights is a 12.8-mile out-and-back in Douglas State Forest near Douglas, MA. The route reaches Kingsbury Pond at the turnaround, 6.4 miles in. It climbs 611 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi427 – 676 ft12.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Southern New England Trunkline Trail 42.04735, -71.73891
Nearest town Douglas, MA

Directions

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Kingsbury Pond–Border Trail, 3 sights

12.8 mi · ▲ 611 ft · 4 hr 34 min

Elevation 427–676 ft

Out & Back · Douglas State Forest

Trailhead: Southern New England Trunkline Trail · 42.04735, -71.73891

Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 61°F / low 51° · precip 57% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:50 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 150 ftContinue straight onto Southern New England Trunkline Trail, heading SW.
  3. 3.9 miBear left onto Tri-State Marker Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Border Trail, heading S.
  5. 1 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 1.2 miReach Kingsbury Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 2.2 miContinue straight onto Tri-State Marker Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.3 miBear right onto Southern New England Trunkline Trail, heading N.
  9. 3.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

81% dirt19% unspecified

Weather

DrizzleTemperature 61°F51°
Precip57%Wind3 mphUV1Humidity97%
Rained 0.7″ 7 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
65°50° 2 AM: 8% rain3 AM: 10% rain5 AM: 4% rain6 AM: 1% rain7 AM: 9% rain8 AM: 2% rain9 AM: 3% rain10 AM: 5% rain11 AM: 23% rain12 PM: 42% rain1 PM: 56% rain2 PM: 56% rain3 PM: 57% rain4 PM: 56% rain5 PM: 35% rain6 PM: 48% rain7 PM: 25% rain8 PM: 28% rain9 PM: 29% rain10 PM: 35% rain11 PM: 52% rain
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:50 PM
Mon 65°54° 51%
Tue 60°44° 17%
Wed 61°45°
Thu 62°43° 16%
Fri 60°48° 33%
Sat 56°50° 39%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~42 min). Leave by 5:48 PM for the 6:50 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:46 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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