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Mount Misery

Lincoln Ridge Conservation Trust–Farrar Pond, 4 lakes

2.5 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 52 min

Lincoln Ridge Conservation Trust–Farrar Pond, 4 lakes is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Mount Misery near Baker Bridge, MA. The route passes Farrar Pond, Lincoln Ridge Conservation Trust and Sudbury River. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi115 – 190 ft2.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bay Circuit Trail 42.41771, -71.35332
Nearest town Baker Bridge, MA
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Lincoln Ridge Conservation Trust–Farrar Pond, 4 lakes

2.5 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 52 min

Elevation 116–190 ft

Out & Back · Mount Misery

Trailhead: Bay Circuit Trail · 42.41771, -71.35332

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:03 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 150 ftContinue straight onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miPass Farrar Pond.
  4. 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  6. 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
  7. 0.2 miPass Lincoln Ridge Conservation Trust.
  8. 50 ftPass Sudbury River.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  10. 0.4 miSharp right onto Oxbow Meadows Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  12. 200 ftReach Lincoln Ridge Conservation Trust, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.1 miSharp left onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading SW.
  14. 0.8 miTurn right, heading E.
  15. 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
  16. 0.2 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/lincoln-ridge-conservation-trust-farrar-pond-out-back-6-sights-4-km

Trail surface

41% dirt59% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:03 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:43 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:03 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:35 PM.

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