Mount Gilead–Walden Pond, 6 sights
5.6 mi · ▲ 614 ft · 2 hr 10 min
Mount Gilead–Walden Pond, 6 sights is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Lynn Woods Reservation near South Lynnfield, MA. The route passes Walden Pond, Echo Rock, Mount Gilead and Steel Tower before reaching Lynn Woods Reservation Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It climbs 614 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mount Gilead–Walden Pond, 6 sights
5.6 mi · ▲ 614 ft · 2 hr 10 min
Elevation 87–262 ft
Out & Back · Lynn Woods Reservation
Trailhead: 42.50806, -71.01219
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 81°F / low 61° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 8:02 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Bow Ridge (Partial), heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 350 ftPass Walden Pond.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Ox Pasture Road, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right onto Great Woods Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miPass Echo Rock.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Tracy Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Great Woods Road, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Loop Road, heading W.
- 0.1 miPass Steel Tower.
- 50 ftPass Lynn Woods Reservation Viewpoint.
- 0.1 miReach Mount Gilead, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Great Woods Road, heading SW.
- 400 ftBear right onto Tracy Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Great Woods Road, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Ox Pasture Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Bow Ridge (Partial), heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~13 min). Leave by 7:29 PM for the 8:02 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:30 PM — 3 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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