Fitzgerald Lake Conservation Area
Middle Path–Pine Brook Trail (yellow), 3 sights
5 mi · ▲ 148 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Middle Path–Pine Brook Trail (yellow), 3 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Fitzgerald Lake Conservation Area near Florence, MA. It is mostly level, with 148 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Middle Path–Pine Brook Trail (yellow), 3 sights
5 mi · ▲ 148 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Elevation 215–299 ft
Out & Back · Fitzgerald Lake Conservation Area
Trailhead: 42.33980, -72.65567
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:08 PM
Transit-accessible: Bridge / Elm (Flag Stop) stop 128 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Pine Brook Trail (yellow), heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Middle Path, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Marian Street Trail (blue), heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Middle Path, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Swamp Forest Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miReach Pine Brook Trail (yellow), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Middle Path, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Marian Street Trail (blue), heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Middle Path, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Pine Brook Trail (yellow), heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Transit-accessible: Bridge / Elm (Flag Stop) stop 128 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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