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Eastman Brook Conservation Area

Pulpit Hill–Puffers Pond, 5 beaches

2.6 mi · ▲ 232 ft · 59 min

Pulpit Hill–Puffers Pond, 5 beaches is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Eastman Brook Conservation Area near Factory Hollow, MA. The route passes Puffers Pond, Puffers Pond South Beach, Puffers Pond North Beach and Pulpit Hill. It is mostly level, with 232 ft of elevation gain. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi226 – 384 ft2.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: H. H. Jackson Trail 42.41691, -72.52025
Nearest town Factory Hollow, MA
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Pulpit Hill–Puffers Pond, 5 beaches

2.6 mi · ▲ 232 ft · 59 min

Elevation 226–385 ft

Out & Back · Eastman Brook Conservation Area

Trailhead: H. H. Jackson Trail · 42.41691, -72.52025

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

Transit-accessible: Mill Hollow Apts / Puffer's Pond stop 77 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on H. H. Jackson Trail, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftPass Puffers Pond.
  3. 50 ftPass Puffers Pond South Beach.
  4. 50 ftPass Puffers Pond North Beach.
  5. 100 ftBear left, heading N.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 450 ftTurn left onto Robert Frost Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  9. 50 ftPass Pulpit Hill.
  10. 0.7 miTurn left onto Ellsworth Barnard Loop, heading N.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  12. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  14. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Robert Frost Trail, heading S.
  15. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  16. 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
  17. 0.2 miBear right onto H. H. Jackson Trail, heading W.
  18. 100 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/pulpit-hill-puffers-pond-out-back-6-beaches

Trail surface

50% dirt11% boardwalk39% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:33 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:53 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:21 PM.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Mill Hollow Apts / Puffer's Pond stop 77 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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