Lake Winthrop & Pleasure Point via Upper Charles Trail is a 7.3-mile out-and-back near Whitneys, MA. The route passes Pleasure Point before reaching Lake Winthrop at the turnaround, 3.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi157 – 220 ft7.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.23445, -71.41504
Nearest town Whitneys, MA
Directions
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Lake Winthrop & Pleasure Point via Upper Charles Trail
7.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 2 hr 27 min
Elevation 159–220 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 42.23445, -71.41504
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Upper Charles Trail, heading S.
- 2.9 miPass Pleasure Point.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Cemetery Run, heading SW.
- 0.2 miPass Lake Winthrop.
- 300 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Cemetery Road, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Lake Winthrop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 100 ftBear left onto Cemetery Run, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Upper Charles Trail, heading NW.
- 3.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
83% gravel7% dirt2% paved8% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 82°F62°
Precip0%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity80%
Rained 0.8″ yesterday (1.7″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 5:42 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:03 PM
Wed
84°63°
Thu
89°70°
31%
Fri
96°72°
29%
Sat
93°70°
35%
Sun
96°68°
15%
Mon
94°72°
16%
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