Weetamoo Cliff–Walden Pond, 7 sights
4.9 mi · ▲ 459 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Weetamoo Cliff–Walden Pond, 7 sights is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Lynn Woods Reservation near West Lynn, MA. The route passes Breeds Pond and Walden Pond before reaching Weetamoo Cliff at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 459 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Weetamoo Cliff–Walden Pond, 7 sights
4.9 mi · ▲ 459 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Elevation 87–203 ft
Out & Back · Lynn Woods Reservation
Trailhead: 42.47723, -70.98638
Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 62°F / low 50° · precip 50% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
Transit-accessible: Walnut St @ O'Callaghan Way stop 474 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Jackson Path, heading NE.
- 350 ftPass Breeds Pond.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Waycross Road, heading N.
- 200 ftBear left onto Dungeon Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Cornel Path, heading N.
- 0.7 miPass Walden Pond.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Great Woods Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Ox Pasture Road, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Overlook Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 400 ftReach Weetamoo Cliff, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Ox Pasture Road, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right onto Great Woods Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Cornel Path, heading E.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Dungeon Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Waycross Road, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Jackson Path, heading SW.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Transit-accessible: Walnut St @ O'Callaghan Way stop 474 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Breeds Pond–Birch Pond, 5 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 340 ft
- Walden Pond–Breeds Pond, 6 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 455 ft
- Fuller Hill–Walden Pond, 5 sights 2.9 mi · ▲ 139 ft
- Birch Pond–Jackson Path, 3 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 281 ft
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