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Middlesex Fells Reservation Viewpoint & Long Pond via Nanepashemet Road is a 2-mile out-and-back in Middlesex Fells Reservation near Symmes Corner, MA. The route passes Long Pond before reaching Middlesex Fells Reservation Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 190 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi174 – 276 ft2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.44310, -71.12409
Nearest town Symmes Corner, MA

Directions

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Middlesex Fells Reservation Viewpoint & Long Pond via Nanepashemet Road

2 mi · ▲ 190 ft · 46 min

Elevation 174–275 ft

Out & Back · Middlesex Fells Reservation

Trailhead: 42.44310, -71.12409

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left onto Nanepashemet Road, heading NW.
  3. 350 ftBear right, heading N.
  4. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  5. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  7. 50 ftPass Long Pond.
  8. 100 ftReach Middlesex Fells Reservation Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  11. 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

61% dirt39% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:47 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:27 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:47 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:15 PM.

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