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Yale-Myers Forest

Paine Pond & Axe Factory Road

2.6 mi · ▲ 315 ft · 1 hr 1 min

Paine Pond & Axe Factory Road is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Yale-Myers Forest near Westford, CT. The route reaches Paine Pond. It climbs 315 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi568 – 758 ft2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.92292, -72.14711
Nearest town Westford, CT
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Paine Pond & Axe Factory Road

2.6 mi · ▲ 315 ft · 1 hr 1 min

Elevation 568–757 ft

Out & Back · Yale-Myers Forest

Trailhead: 41.92292, -72.14711

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:51 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left onto Axe Factory Road, heading S.
  5. 50 ftPass Paine Pond.
  6. 0.5 miReach Paine Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  10. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/paine-pond-paine-pond-out-back-3-lakes-4-km

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 6:51 PM

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