Nupp'se Pond via Nixon Trail
2 mi · ▲ 279 ft · 48 min
Nupp'se Pond via Nixon Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Nobscot Reservation near Nobscot, MA. The route reaches Nupp'se Pond. It climbs 279 ft. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Nupp'se Pond via Nixon Trail
2 mi · ▲ 279 ft · 48 min
Elevation 187–461 ft
Out & Back · Nobscot Reservation
Trailhead: 42.34932, -71.45515
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Nixon Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Nupp'se Pond.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Upland Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftReach Nupp'se Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Nixon Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:29 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:49 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:17 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Bay Circuit Trail 2 mi · ▲ 287 ft
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- Bay Circuit Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 293 ft
- Jethro Trail & Tower Trail via Bay Circuit Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 515 ft
- Falling Rock Ridge & Bay Circuit Trail Loop 1.3 mi · ▲ 199 ft
- Nobscot Hill Loop via Nixon Trail 1.4 mi · ▲ 319 ft
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