1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
2. 50 ftTurn right onto Secondary Trail (red), heading S.
3. 50 ftPass Fairyland Pond.
4. 0.2 miTurn left onto Harry Beyer Assessed Trail, heading NE.
5. 200 ftContinue straight onto Main Trail (yellow), heading E.
6. 0.1 miTurn right onto Thoreau's on Path Brister's Hill, heading E.
7. 250 ftBear left onto Alternate Thoreau's on Path Brister's Hill, heading SE.
8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
9. 0.1 miSharp right onto Goose Pond Spur, heading SE.
10. 50 ftPass Goose Pond.
11. 0.3 miPass Walden Pond State Reservation Beach.
12. 50 ftTurn right onto Pine Hill Spur, heading S.
13. 150 ftBear right onto Goose Pond Trail, heading S.
14. 350 ftPass Red Cross Beach.
15. 50 ftPass Walden Pond.
16. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
17. 250 ftTurn left onto Lower Woods Path, heading SW.
18. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
19. 50 ftBear left onto Ridge Path, heading NW.
20. 500 ftPass Walden Pond State Reservation Beach.
21. 150 ftTurn right onto Pond Path, heading SW.
22. 0.2 miPass Walden Pond State Reservation Beach.
23. 500 ftPass Andromeda Pond (north).
24. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
25. 200 ftPass Andromeda Pond (middle).
26. 150 ftSharp right onto Esker Trail, heading W.
27. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
28. 450 ftBear right, heading SE.
29. 50 ftPass Andromeda Pond (south).
30. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
31. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
32. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Adams Woods - Mt Misery Path, heading SW.
33. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
34. 400 ftBear right, heading SW.
35. 0.3 miBear right onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading SW.
36. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
37. 0.2 miPass Farrar Pond.
38. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
39. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
40. 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
41. 450 ftPass Lincoln Ridge Conservation Trust.
42. 50 ftPass Sudbury River.
43. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
44. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Oxbow Meadows Trail, heading SE.
45. 250 ftBear right onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading SW.
46. 50 ftReach Lincoln Ridge Conservation Trust, then turn around and head back the way you came.
47. 50 ftBear left onto Oxbow Meadows Trail, heading W.
48. 250 ftContinue straight onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading W.
49. 0.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
50. 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
51. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
52. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
53. 400 ftTurn left onto Adams Woods - Mt Misery Path, heading E.
54. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
55. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
56. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
57. 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
58. 100 ftContinue straight onto Esker Trail, heading NE.
59. 50 ftSharp left onto Pond Path, heading NE.
60. 0.5 miTurn left onto Ridge Path, heading NE.
61. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
62. 50 ftTurn left onto Lower Woods Path, heading N.
63. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
64. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
65. 150 ftContinue straight onto Goose Pond Trail, heading N.
66. 400 ftBear left onto Pine Hill Spur, heading E.
67. 150 ftTurn left onto Goose Pond Spur, heading NE.
68. 0.3 miSharp left, heading E.
69. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
70. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Alternate Thoreau's on Path Brister's Hill, heading S.
71. 450 ftBear right onto Thoreau's on Path Brister's Hill, heading S.
72. 250 ftTurn left onto Main Trail (yellow), heading E.
73. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Harry Beyer Assessed Trail, heading NE.
74. 200 ftTurn right onto Secondary Trail (red), heading E.
75. 0.2 miTurn left onto Fairyland Pond Loop (yellow), heading NE.
76. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lincoln-ridge-conservation-trust-farrar-pond-out-back-17-lakes-17-km