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Prospect Hill Park

Lyman Pond–Beaver Brook Reservation Cycle & Foot Path, 4 sights

6 mi · ▲ 368 ft · 2 hr 11 min

Lyman Pond–Beaver Brook Reservation Cycle & Foot Path, 4 sights is a 6-mile out-and-back in Prospect Hill Park near Clematis Brook Station, MA. The route reaches Lyman Pond. It climbs 368 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi46 – 335 ft7.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Beaver Brook Reservation Cycle & Foot Path 42.38333, -71.21056
Nearest town Clematis Brook Station, MA
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Lyman Pond–Beaver Brook Reservation Cycle & Foot Path, 4 sights

6 mi · ▲ 368 ft · 2 hr 11 min

Elevation 45–335 ft

Out & Back · Prospect Hill Park

Trailhead: Beaver Brook Reservation Cycle & Foot Path · 42.38333, -71.21056

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 8:02 PM

Transit-accessible: Beaver St @ Waverly Oaks Rd stop 71 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Beaver Brook Reservation Cycle & Foot Path, heading SW.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right onto Waltham Wayside Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.2 miPass Lyman Pond.
  4. 1.6 miBear right, heading SW.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left onto Barry Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.4 miBear left onto Bond Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left onto Sunset Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miBear left onto Richardson Trail, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sunset Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.1 miReach Lyman Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Richardson Trail, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftBear right onto Sunset Trail, heading NW.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right onto Bond Trail, heading N.
  14. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  15. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Barry Trail, heading S.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  17. 0.1 miBear left onto Waltham Wayside Trail, heading S.
  18. 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
  19. 1.2 miTurn left onto Beaver Brook Reservation Cycle & Foot Path, heading E.
  20. 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lyman-pond-out-back-8-km-faec

Trail surface

53% paved29% dirt12% gravel6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:41 AMSunset 8:02 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.5 mi in (~64 min). Leave by 6:38 PM for the 8:02 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:19 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Beaver St @ Waverly Oaks Rd stop 71 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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