Long Sought For Pond & red blaze via Sassafras Trail
2.7 mi · ▲ 180 ft · 59 min
Long Sought For Pond & red blaze via Sassafras Trail is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Sassafras Conservation near Hayward Corner, MA. The route reaches Long Sought For Pond at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 180 ft of elevation gain. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Long Sought For Pond & red blaze via Sassafras Trail
2.7 mi · ▲ 180 ft · 59 min
Elevation 212–288 ft
Out & Back · Sassafras Conservation
Trailhead: 42.62733, -71.45834
Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 59°F / low 46° · precip 49% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Sassafras Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Big Rock to Summer Village, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto red blaze, heading E.
- 0.5 miReach Long Sought For Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Big Rock to Summer Village, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Sassafras Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Old Farmhouse Row Trail, heading SW.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~34 min). Leave by 5:55 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:37 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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