Mount Gilead–Walden Pond, 6 sights
3.9 mi · ▲ 256 ft · 1 hr 26 min
Mount Gilead–Walden Pond, 6 sights is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Lynn Woods Reservation near Merrimac Terrace, MA. The route passes Walden Pond and Pennybrook Viewpoint before reaching Mount Gilead at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 256 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mount Gilead–Walden Pond, 6 sights
3.9 mi · ▲ 256 ft · 1 hr 26 min
Elevation 97–258 ft
Out & Back · Lynn Woods Reservation
Trailhead: Walden Pond Road · 42.49048, -71.00760
Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 61°F / low 49° · precip 50% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
Transit-accessible: Walnut St opp Central St stop 784 m from the trailhead
- Start on Walden Pond Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Walden Pond.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Pennybrook Road, heading N.
- 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 E.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Loop Road, heading E.
- 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.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Walden Pond Road, heading S.
- 0.6 miArrive 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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- Transit-accessible: Walnut St opp Central St stop 784 m from the trailhead
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More from Walden Pond Road Trailhead
- Walden Pond–Pennybrook Road, 4 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 232 ft
- Fuller Hill–Walden Pond Loop, 10 sights 5.3 mi · ▲ 426 ft
- Mount Hermon–Walden Pond Loop, 8 sights 6.9 mi · ▲ 766 ft
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