Mill Pond–Danvers Rail Trail, 4 sights is a 9.4-mile out-and-back near Topsfield, MA. The route reaches Mill Pond at the turnaround, 4.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi30 – 95 ft9.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Topsfield Linear Common 42.62541, -70.93595
Nearest town Topsfield, MA
Directions
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Mill Pond–Danvers Rail Trail, 4 sights
9.4 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 3 hr 10 min
Elevation 31–94 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Topsfield Linear Common · 42.62541, -70.93595
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Topsfield Linear Common, heading SE.
- 2 miContinue straight onto Danvers Rail Trail, heading SW.
- 1.3 miBear right, heading SE.
- 1.5 miReach Mill Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Wenham Rail Trail, heading NE.
- 1.9 miContinue straight onto Topsfield Linear Common, heading NW.
- 100 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
98% gravel2% 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.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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