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Old Stone Chamber–pond view, 3 sights is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Nashoba Brook Conservation Land near North Acton, MA. The route passes Old Stone Chamber, Robbins Mill Pond and Robbins Mill Pond before reaching pond view at the turnaround, 1.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi144 – 200 ft2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Red 42.50877, -71.41007
Nearest town North Acton, MA

Directions

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Old Stone Chamber–pond view, 3 sights

2.4 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 50 min

Elevation 146–200 ft

Out & Back · Nashoba Brook Conservation Land

Trailhead: Red · 42.50877, -71.41007

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

  1. Start on Red, heading SW.
  2. 400 ftSharp left onto Yellow, heading E.
  3. 50 ftPass Old Stone Chamber.
  4. 0.5 miPass Robbins Mill Pond.
  5. 500 ftSharp left onto Red, heading SE.
  6. 0.5 miPass Robbins Mill Pond.
  7. 500 ftPass pond view.
  8. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  9. 200 ftReach Old Stone Chamber, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.7 miSharp right onto Yellow, heading NW.
  11. 0.5 miSharp right onto Red, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

99% dirt1% boardwalk

Weather

Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:04 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~21 min). Leave by 7:22 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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