Mount Boreas–Pulpit Hill, 6 beaches is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Upper Mill River Conservation Area near Factory Hollow, MA. The route passes Pulpit Hill, Puffers Pond South Beach, Puffers Pond North Beach and 3 more before reaching Mount Boreas at the turnaround, 2.7 miles in. It climbs 492 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi236 – 548 ft5.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.42786, -72.51197
Nearest town Factory Hollow, MA
Directions
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Mount Boreas–Pulpit Hill, 6 beaches
5.4 mi · ▲ 492 ft · 2 hr 3 min
Elevation 237–550 ft
Out & Back · Upper Mill River Conservation Area
Trailhead: 42.42786, -72.51197
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Robert Frost Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miPass Pulpit Hill.
- 50 ftPass Puffers Pond South Beach.
- 50 ftPass Puffers Pond North Beach.
- 0.2 miPass Puffers Pond.
- 200 ftPass Puffers Pond South Beach.
- 0.2 miPass Mill River.
- 1.3 miReach Mount Boreas, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.8 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
70% dirt9% boardwalk9% grass12% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:33 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:53 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:21 PM.
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- Puffers Pond South Beach–Puffers Pond North Beach, 3 beaches 2.4 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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