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Newell Gift–White Pond, 8 lakes is a 15-mile out-and-back in White Pond Reservation near Nine Acre Corner, MA. The route passes White Pond, Cricket Pond, Newell Gift and 2 more before reaching Hopbrook pond at the turnaround, 7.5 miles in. It climbs 357 ft. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi125 – 246 ft15.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Red 42.42546, -71.38843
Nearest town Nine Acre Corner, MA

Directions

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Newell Gift–White Pond, 8 lakes

15 mi · ▲ 357 ft · 5 hr 11 min

Elevation 125–247 ft

Out & Back · White Pond Reservation

Trailhead: Red · 42.42546, -71.38843

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:03 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 150 ftBear left, heading W.
  3. 50 ftPass White Pond.
  4. 100 ftContinue straight onto Blue, heading W.
  5. 300 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  6. 150 ftBear right onto Red, heading S.
  7. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Yellow, heading W.
  9. 0.2 miBear left onto Sudbury Conservation Trail, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftBear left onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
  13. 2.3 miPass Cricket Pond.
  14. 1.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  16. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Mass Central Rail Trail, heading S.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Framingham and Lowell Branch, heading S.
  18. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  19. 0.8 miPass Newell Gift.
  20. 0.6 miPass Lilly Pond.
  21. 50 ftPass Calla Pool.
  22. 0.8 miSharp left onto Weston Aqueduct Walking Trail, heading S.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  24. 0.2 miPass Hopbrook pond.
  25. 500 ftReach Newell Gift, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  26. 0.5 miSharp right onto Framingham and Lowell Branch, heading N.
  27. 2.2 miBear right, heading N.
  28. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mass Central Rail Trail, heading N.
  29. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading N.
  30. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  31. 3.4 miBear left, heading N.
  32. 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
  33. 50 ftTurn left onto Sudbury Conservation Trail, heading NE.
  34. 50 ftBear right onto Yellow, heading NE.
  35. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  36. 50 ftTurn left onto Red, heading NE.
  37. 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
  38. 150 ftTurn right onto Blue, heading NE.
  39. 400 ftBear right, heading NE.
  40. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

33% paved2% grass1% dirt64% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:03 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.4 mi in (~84 min). Leave by 6:19 PM for the 8:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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