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Callahan State Park

Nupp'se Pond–Jethro Trail, 3 sights

2.8 mi · ▲ 288 ft · 1 hr 5 min

Nupp'se Pond–Jethro Trail, 3 sights is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Callahan State Park near South Sudbury, MA. The route reaches Nupp'se Pond. It climbs 288 ft. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi207 – 348 ft3.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.35931, -71.44069
Nearest town South Sudbury, MA
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Nupp'se Pond–Jethro Trail, 3 sights

2.8 mi · ▲ 288 ft · 1 hr 5 min

Elevation 206–346 ft

Out & Back · Callahan State Park

Trailhead: 42.35931, -71.44069

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftBear right onto Bay Circut Trail, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  6. 400 ftTurn right onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Thirty Rod Trail, heading SW.
  8. 450 ftPass Nupp'se Pond.
  9. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Nixon Trail, heading S.
  10. 250 ftBear right, heading S.
  11. 450 ftTurn left onto White Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Squanto Trail, heading SW.
  13. 150 ftContinue straight onto White Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left onto Jethro Trail, heading SW.
  15. 0.5 miReach Nupp'se Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.5 miTurn right onto White Ridge Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Squanto Trail, heading NW.
  18. 150 ftContinue straight onto White Ridge Trail, heading W.
  19. 50 ftTurn right onto Nixon Trail, heading W.
  20. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  21. 350 ftContinue straight onto Thirty Rod Trail, heading N.
  22. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading E.
  23. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  24. 400 ftBear left, heading N.
  25. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  26. 150 ftTurn left onto Bay Circut Trail, heading N.
  27. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  28. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/nuppse-pond-nuppse-pond-out-back-4-sights

Weather

Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:03 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:39 PM for the 8:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:21 PM — 14 min before dark.

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