Long Pond & Cranberry Pond Path via Nanepashemet Road is a 2-mile out-and-back in Middlesex Fells Reservation near Symmes Corner, MA. The route reaches Long Pond at the turnaround, 0.9 miles in. It climbs 278 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi141 – 276 ft2.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.44310, -71.12409
Nearest town Symmes Corner, MA
Directions
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Long Pond & Cranberry Pond Path via Nanepashemet Road
2 mi · ▲ 278 ft · 48 min
Elevation 142–275 ft
Out & Back · Middlesex Fells Reservation
Trailhead: 42.44310, -71.12409
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Nanepashemet Road, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Molly's Spring Road, heading NW.
- 300 ftBear right onto Cranberry Pond Path, heading N.
- 0.4 miReach Long Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Molly's Spring Road, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear right onto Nanepashemet Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 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
28% dirt72% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:47 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:27 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:47 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:15 PM.
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