Long Pond via Midstate Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 296 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Long Pond via Midstate Trail is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Ware River Watershed near North Spencer, MA. The route reaches Long Pond at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It climbs 296 ft. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi837 – 971 ft4.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.31982, -72.00177
Nearest town North Spencer, MA
Directions
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Long Pond via Midstate Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 296 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Elevation 838–970 ft
Out & Back · Ware River Watershed
Trailhead: 42.31982, -72.00177
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Midstate Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftReach Long Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 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
36% dirt64% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 6:51 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- Browning Pond via West Camp Road 4.1 mi · ▲ 288 ft
- Sampson's Pebble & Path Continues via Orange Trail 1.2 mi · ▲ 150 ft
- Path Continues & Midstate Trail/Corridor 71 3.5 mi · ▲ 243 ft
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