Mount Boreas–Puffers Pond, 5 beaches is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Upper Mill River Conservation Area near Factory Hollow, MA. The route passes Puffers Pond, Puffers Pond South Beach, Puffers Pond North Beach and 2 more before reaching Mount Boreas at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 352 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi223 – 548 ft · steepest grade: 17%3.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: H. H. Jackson Trail 42.41691, -72.52025
Nearest town Factory Hollow, MA
Directions
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Mount Boreas–Puffers Pond, 5 beaches
3.6 mi · ▲ 352 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Elevation 222–550 ft
Out & Back · Upper Mill River Conservation Area
Trailhead: H. H. Jackson Trail · 42.41691, -72.52025
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:08 PM
Transit-accessible: Mill Hollow Apts / Puffer's Pond stop 77 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on H. H. Jackson Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Puffers Pond.
- 50 ftPass Puffers Pond South Beach.
- 50 ftPass Puffers Pond North Beach.
- 100 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Robert Frost Trail, heading SE.
- 50 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.
- 1.6 miContinue straight onto H. H. Jackson Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 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
85% dirt15% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:46 AMSunset 8:08 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Mill Hollow Apts / Puffer's Pond stop 77 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- Pulpit Hill–Puffers Pond, 5 beaches 2.6 mi · ▲ 232 ft
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