Powissett Pond–Lower Mill Pond, 7 beaches
3.5 mi · ▲ 338 ft · 1 hr 20 min
Powissett Pond–Lower Mill Pond, 7 beaches is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Noanet Woodlands near Charles River Village, MA. The route passes Lower Mill Pond, Upper Mill Pond, Shapiro Beach and 4 more before reaching Hale Reservation Beach at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It climbs 338 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Powissett Pond–Lower Mill Pond, 7 beaches
3.5 mi · ▲ 338 ft · 1 hr 20 min
Elevation 136–365 ft
Out & Back · Noanet Woodlands
Trailhead: 42.25134, -71.27066
Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 63°F / low 49° · precip 48% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 6:48 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 300 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Lower Mill Pond.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 350 ftPass Upper Mill Pond.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Peabody Loop, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear right onto Yellow Blaze Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miPass Shapiro Beach.
- 50 ftPass Hale Reservation Beach.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miPass Powissett Beach.
- 400 ftPass Shapiro Beach.
- 50 ftPass Hale Reservation Beach.
- 350 ftReach Powissett Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 450 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Peabody Loop, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 400 ftArrive 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Lower Mill Pond–Upper Mill Pond, 7 beaches 5.7 mi · ▲ 420 ft
- Noanet Pond–Powissett Pond, 9 beaches 6.2 mi · ▲ 508 ft
- Oak Hill–Noanet Pond, 9 beaches 5.2 mi · ▲ 454 ft
- Powissett Peak–Lower Mill Pond, 4 lakes 3.3 mi · ▲ 250 ft
- Noanet Peak viewpoint–Lower Mill Pond, 4 lakes 2.2 mi · ▲ 250 ft
- Noanet Peak–Lower Mill Pond, 4 lakes 2.6 mi · ▲ 225 ft
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