Powissett Peak–Lower Mill Pond, 4 lakes
3.3 mi · ▲ 250 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Powissett Peak–Lower Mill Pond, 4 lakes is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Noanet Woodlands near Charles River Village, MA. The route passes Lower Mill Pond, Upper Mill Pond and Shapiro Beach before reaching Powissett Peak at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It climbs 250 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Powissett Peak–Lower Mill Pond, 4 lakes
3.3 mi · ▲ 250 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Elevation 136–389 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.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Powissett Patio, heading S.
- 100 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Powissett Peak, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Blaze Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Peabody Loop, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 250 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.
- 300 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 Pond–Lower Mill Pond, 7 beaches 3.5 mi · ▲ 338 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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