Lily Pond–Ayer's Lane, 4 sights
5.1 mi · ▲ 221 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Lily Pond–Ayer's Lane, 4 sights is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Whitney & Thayer Woods near Nantasket Junction, MA. The route reaches Lily Pond at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 221 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lily Pond–Ayer's Lane, 4 sights
5.1 mi · ▲ 221 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Elevation 38–180 ft
Out & Back · Whitney & Thayer Woods
Trailhead: 42.23969, -70.85226
Weather Sep 21: Drizzle, high 64°F / low 50° · precip 50% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 6:46 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Turkey Hill Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Ayer's Lane, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Milliken Memorial Path, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 150 ftReach Lily Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Ayer's Lane, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
- 450 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Turkey Hill Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 200 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:26 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:46 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:14 PM.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Triphammer Pond & Woodpecker Pond via Whitney Spur Rail Trail 5 mi · ▲ 140 ft
- Whitney Spur Rail Trail 5.9 mi · ▲ 189 ft
- Turkey Hill Road & Whitney Spur Rail Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 138 ft
- Whitney Spur Rail Trail 5.5 mi · ▲ 222 ft
- Whitney Spur Rail Trail 5.7 mi · ▲ 191 ft
- Turkey Hill Road 2 mi · ▲ 167 ft
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