Muddy Pond
7.8 mi · ▲ 176 ft · 2 hr 41 min
Muddy Pond is a 7.8-mile out-and-back near Cole Mill, MA. The route reaches Muddy Pond at the turnaround, 3.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 176 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Muddy Pond
7.8 mi · ▲ 176 ft · 2 hr 41 min
Elevation 100–202 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.94796, -70.78953
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 6:46 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach Muddy Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 500 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:25 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:46 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:14 PM.
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