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NHESP Certified Vernal Pool & Brown Trail (blue blazes) via Great Elms Primary Trail (blue blaze)

2.1 mi · ▲ 232 ft · 49 min

NHESP Certified Vernal Pool & Brown Trail (blue blazes) via Great Elms Primary Trail (blue blaze) is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Great Elms near Harvard, MA. The route passes NHESP Certified Vernal Pool, NHESP Certified Vernal Pool, NHESP Certified Vernal Pool and NHESP Certified Vernal Pool. It is mostly level, with 232 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi256 – 420 ft · steepest grade: 24%2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Great Elms Access Trail 42.47650, -71.56473
Nearest town Harvard, MA
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NHESP Certified Vernal Pool & Brown Trail (blue blazes) via Great Elms Primary Trail (blue blaze)

2.1 mi · ▲ 232 ft · 49 min

Elevation 256–418 ft

Out & Back · Great Elms

Trailhead: Great Elms Access Trail · 42.47650, -71.56473

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Great Elms Access Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Great Elms Primary Trail (blue blaze), heading E.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Brehm Access (blue blaze), heading SE.
  4. 50 ftPass NHESP Certified Vernal Pool.
  5. 250 ftTurn right onto Brehm Loop (blue blazes), heading SW.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right onto Brehm Access, heading S.
  7. 50 ftPass NHESP Certified Vernal Pool.
  8. 0.2 miReach NHESP Certified Vernal Pool, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.4 miSharp right onto Proposed Breahm/Eastern Greenway South Connector, heading SE.
  10. 150 ftSharp left onto Eastern Greenway (Central) trail, heading E.
  11. 0.2 miPass NHESP Certified Vernal Pool.
  12. 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
  13. 150 ftContinue straight onto Brown Trail (blue blazes), heading NW.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left onto Great Elms Primary Trail (blue blaze), heading NW.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left onto Great Elms Alternate Entrance, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Great Elms Primary Trail (blue blaze), heading SW.
  17. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Great Elms Access Trail, heading SW.
  18. 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/nhesp-certified-vernal-pool-nhesp-certified-vernal-pool-out-back-9-lakes

Trail surface

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:04 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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