Old Stone Chamber–Robbins Mill Pond, 5 sights is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Nashoba Brook Conservation Land near North Acton, MA. The route passes Robbins Mill Pond and Old Stone Chamber. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi141 – 200 ft3.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Red 42.51884, -71.40319
Nearest town North Acton, MA · Official trailhead info (trails.actonma.gov)
Directions
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Old Stone Chamber–Robbins Mill Pond, 5 sights
3.1 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 4 min
Elevation 142–200 ft
Out & Back · Nashoba Brook Conservation Land
Trailhead: Red · 42.51884, -71.40319
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Red, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Robbins Mill Pond.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Yellow, heading NW.
- 0.5 miPass Old Stone Chamber.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Red, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftReach Old Stone Chamber, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Red, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Yellow, heading NE.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Red, heading N.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
94% dirt5% paved1% boardwalk
Weather
Sunrise 5:41 AMSunset 8:04 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 7:33 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:28 PM — 7 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Red Trailhead
- Robbins Mill Pond–Red, 3 sights 2 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Strawberry Hill–Robbins Mill Pond, 3 summits 4.6 mi · ▲ 188 ft
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