Town Forest

Louisa Lake & Wildcat Pond via Upper Charles Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 140 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Louisa Lake & Wildcat Pond via Upper Charles Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Town Forest near Hayden Row, MA. The route passes Wildcat Pond and Wildcat Pond before reaching Louisa Lake at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 140 ft of elevation gain. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi276 – 367 ft5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Beaver Brook Way 42.18673, -71.49530
Nearest town Hayden Row, MA

Directions

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Louisa Lake & Wildcat Pond via Upper Charles Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 140 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Elevation 275–366 ft

Out & Back · Town Forest

Trailhead: Beaver Brook Way · 42.18673, -71.49530

Weather Aug 3: Heavy rain, high 77°F / low 69° · precip 80% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

  1. Start on Beaver Brook Way, heading SW.
  2. 150 ftContinue straight onto The Gulley, heading SW.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left onto Log Run, heading SW.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right onto Milford Byway, heading S.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto CraftRoots Connector, heading SW.
  6. 350 ftBear left onto Highway Connector, heading SW.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto Holliston Highway, heading W.
  8. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  9. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  10. 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Upper Charles Trail, heading S.
  12. 450 ftPass Wildcat Pond.
  13. 0.2 miPass Wildcat Pond.
  14. 1.3 miReach Louisa Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 1.8 miTurn right, heading N.
  16. 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
  17. 150 ftBear right onto Holliston Highway, heading N.
  18. 0.2 miTurn left onto Highway Connector, heading N.
  19. 0.1 miBear right onto CraftRoots Connector, heading E.
  20. 350 ftBear right onto Milford Byway, heading E.
  21. 50 ftTurn left onto Log Run, heading E.
  22. 0.2 miTurn right onto The Gulley, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Beaver Brook Way, heading N.
  24. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

54% paved37% dirt9% unspecified

Weather

Heavy rainTemperature 77°F69°
Precip80%Wind8 mphUV2Humidity75%
Rained 0.9″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
80°65° 12 AM: 1% rain1 AM: 1% rain2 AM: 4% rain3 AM: 17% rain4 AM: 60% rain5 AM: 67% rain6 AM: 58% rain7 AM: 55% rain8 AM: 60% rain9 AM: 70% rain10 AM: 80% rain11 AM: 68% rain12 PM: 72% rain1 PM: 74% rain2 PM: 79% rain3 PM: 58% rain4 PM: 46% rain5 PM: 40% rain6 PM: 42% rain7 PM: 34% rain8 PM: 11% rain
Sunrise 5:42 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:04 PM
Tue 82°64°
Wed 83°65°
Thu 84°68° 36%
Fri 95°70° 29%
Sat 92°70° 35%
Sun 95°69° 15%

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