Mine Shaft & Hermitage Pond via East Side Trail (blue rctgl.)
3.7 mi · ▲ 421 ft · 1 hr 27 min
Mine Shaft & Hermitage Pond via East Side Trail (blue rctgl.) is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Green Hill Park near Great Brook Valley, MA. The route passes Mine Shaft before reaching Hermitage Pond at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 421 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mine Shaft & Hermitage Pond via East Side Trail (blue rctgl.)
3.7 mi · ▲ 421 ft · 1 hr 27 min
Elevation 387–754 ft
Out & Back · Green Hill Park
Trailhead: 42.29140, -71.76052
Weather Sep 20: Light rain, high 60°F / low 51° · precip 61% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto East Side Trail (blue rctgl.), heading S.
- 0.3 miPass Mine Shaft.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Ghost Trail (white rctgl.), heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto East Side Trail (blue rctgl.), heading SW.
- 0.6 miPass Hermitage Pond.
- 100 ftReach Mine Shaft, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Ghost Trail (white rctgl.), heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto East Side Trail (blue rctgl.), heading E.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~48 min). Leave by 5:42 PM for the 6:50 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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