Long Pond & Browning Pond via Midstate Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 283 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Long Pond & Browning Pond via Midstate Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Ware River Watershed near North Spencer, MA. The route passes Browning Pond before reaching Long Pond at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 283 ft. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi748 – 935 ft5.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.31596, -71.99520
Nearest town North Spencer, MA
Directions
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Long Pond & Browning Pond via Midstate Trail
4.8 mi · ▲ 283 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Elevation 749–937 ft
Out & Back · Ware River Watershed
Trailhead: 42.31596, -71.99520
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Browning Pond.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto West Camp Road, heading NW.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading NE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Midstate Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
- 400 ftReach Long Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
33% dirt67% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 6:51 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- Long Pond–Browning Pond, 3 lakes 11.9 mi · ▲ 663 ft
- Oak Hill–Long Pond, 3 lakes 12.6 mi · ▲ 862 ft
- Buck Hill Conservation Area–Spencer State Forest, 8 groves 11 mi · ▲ 1,029 ft
- Sampson's Pebble–Browning Pond, 4 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 368 ft
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