Pomps Pond & Vale Trail
2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 46 min
Pomps Pond & Vale Trail is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Vale Reservation near Ballardvale, MA. The route reaches Pomps Pond. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Pomps Pond & Vale Trail
2.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 46 min
Elevation 54–75 ft
Out & Back · Vale Reservation
Trailhead: 42.62989, -71.15817
Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 61°F / low 49° · precip 56% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
Transit-accessible: Ballardvale stop 279 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Pomps Pond.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Vale Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Pomps Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 400 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Transit-accessible: Ballardvale stop 279 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Vale Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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