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.
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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
- Start on Beaver Brook Way, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto The Gulley, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Log Run, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Milford Byway, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto CraftRoots Connector, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear left onto Highway Connector, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Holliston Highway, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Upper Charles Trail, heading S.
- 450 ftPass Wildcat Pond.
- 0.2 miPass Wildcat Pond.
- 1.3 miReach Louisa Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.8 miTurn right, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right onto Holliston Highway, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Highway Connector, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right onto CraftRoots Connector, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right onto Milford Byway, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Log Run, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto The Gulley, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Beaver Brook Way, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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