Prichard Pond & Overlook Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 1 hr 35 min
Prichard Pond & Overlook Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Wunnegen Conservation Area near Kinsman Corner, MA. The route passes Prichard Pond before reaching Prichard Pond at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 165 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Prichard Pond & Overlook Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 1 hr 35 min
Elevation 57–131 ft
Out & Back · Wunnegen Conservation Area
Trailhead: 42.62976, -70.99087
Weather Sep 20: Light drizzle, high 62°F / low 46° · precip 54% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Overlook Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto East Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miPass Prichard Pond.
- 0.2 miReach Prichard Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Overlook Trail, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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