Mount Hermon & Walden Pond Loop via Ox Pasture Road
1.4 mi · ▲ 286 ft · 37 min
Mount Hermon & Walden Pond Loop via Ox Pasture Road is a 1.4-mile loop in Lynn Woods Reservation near Wyoma, MA. The route passes Walden Pond and Mount Hermon. It climbs 286 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mount Hermon & Walden Pond Loop via Ox Pasture Road
1.4 mi · ▲ 286 ft · 37 min
Elevation 83–271 ft
Loop · Lynn Woods Reservation
Trailhead: Ox Pasture Road · 42.49311, -70.97801
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
Transit-accessible: Lynnfield St @ Verdmont Ave stop 503 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Ox Pasture Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Walden Pond.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 450 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Mount Hermon.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftThe loop closes 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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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Lynnfield St @ Verdmont Ave stop 503 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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