Mount Spickett–Walden Pond, 5 sights
5.8 mi · ▲ 253 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Mount Spickett–Walden Pond, 5 sights is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Lynn Woods Reservation near South Lynnfield, MA. The route passes Mount Spickett, Walden Pond, Echo Rock and Pennybrook Viewpoint. It climbs 253 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mount Spickett–Walden Pond, 5 sights
5.8 mi · ▲ 253 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Elevation 87–208 ft
Out & Back · Lynn Woods Reservation
Trailhead: 42.49910, -70.98276
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 81°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 8:02 PM
Transit-accessible: 500 Lynnfield St stop 449 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Mount Spickett.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Walden Pond.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Ox Pasture Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right onto Great Woods Road, heading E.
- 0.3 miPass Echo Rock.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Tracy Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Great Woods Road, heading SW.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Dungeon Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Great Woods Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miPass Pennybrook Viewpoint.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Walden Pond Road, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftReach Mount Spickett, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Pennybrook Road, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Great Woods Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Dungeon Road, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Great Woods Road, heading E.
- 400 ftBear right onto Tracy Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Great Woods Road, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Ox Pasture Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Transit-accessible: 500 Lynnfield St stop 449 m from the trailhead
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- Deep Woods Trail East & Ox Pasture Road 2.2 mi · ▲ 349 ft
- Mount Spickett–Burrill Hill, 14 rocks 2.7 mi · ▲ 373 ft
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