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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 Aug 4: sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Robert Frost Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  4. 0.1 miPass Pulpit Hill.
  5. 50 ftPass Puffers Pond South Beach.
  6. 50 ftPass Puffers Pond North Beach.
  7. 0.2 miPass Puffers Pond.
  8. 200 ftPass Puffers Pond South Beach.
  9. 0.2 miPass Mill River.
  10. 1.3 miReach Mount Boreas, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 1.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 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 5:46 AMSunset 8:08 PM

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