Mount Gilead–Walden Pond, 7 sights
6.3 mi · ▲ 486 ft · 2 hr 21 min
Mount Gilead–Walden Pond, 7 sights is a 6.3-mile out-and-back in Lynn Woods Reservation near Lynnhurst, MA. The route passes Birch Pond, Walden Pond and Pennybrook Viewpoint before reaching Mount Gilead at the turnaround, 3.2 miles in. It climbs 486 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mount Gilead–Walden Pond, 7 sights
6.3 mi · ▲ 486 ft · 2 hr 21 min
Elevation 61–258 ft
Out & Back · Lynn Woods Reservation
Trailhead: Birch Pond Trail · 42.47533, -70.99191
Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 62°F / low 50° · precip 50% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
Transit-accessible: Walnut St @ Sterling St stop 277 m from the trailhead
- Start on Birch Pond Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Birch Pond.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miPass Walden Pond.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Walden Pond Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Pennybrook Road, heading SE.
- 0.5 miPass Pennybrook Viewpoint.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Great Woods Road, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Dungeon Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Loop Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Mount Gilead, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Dungeon Road, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Great Woods Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Walden Pond Road, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Transit-accessible: Walnut St @ Sterling St stop 277 m from the trailhead
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