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Great Brook Farm State Park

Russell Mill Pond–Meadow Pond Loop, 3 lakes

2 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 43 min

Russell Mill Pond–Meadow Pond Loop, 3 lakes is a 2-mile loop in Great Brook Farm State Park near Carlisle, MA. The route passes Meadow Pond and Russell Mill Pond. It is mostly level, with 111 ft of elevation gain. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi128 – 230 ft2.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lantern Loop 42.55714, -71.35108
Nearest town Carlisle, MA
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Russell Mill Pond–Meadow Pond Loop, 3 lakes

2 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 43 min

Elevation 129–228 ft

Loop · Great Brook Farm State Park

Trailhead: Lantern Loop · 42.55714, -71.35108

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 8:03 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Cow Path, heading E.
  2. 450 ftContinue straight onto Lantern Loop, heading N.
  3. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 0.2 miBear right onto Pine Point Loop, heading SE.
  6. 400 ftPass Meadow Pond.
  7. 150 ftContinue straight onto Shoreline, heading SE.
  8. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Pine Point Loop, heading NE.
  10. 150 ftTurn left onto Woodchuck Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.2 miBear left onto Brookside, heading NE.
  12. 0.2 miPass Russell Mill Pond.
  13. 250 ftTurn left onto Woodchuck Trail, heading N.
  14. 200 ftContinue straight onto East Farm Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right onto Litchfield Loop, heading W.
  17. 0.3 miSharp left onto Chicken Run, heading N.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto Turkey Run, heading N.
  19. 100 ftContinue straight onto Chicken Run, heading NW.
  20. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Litchfield Loop, heading NW.
  21. 250 ftBear right onto Lantern Loop, heading NW.
  22. 250 ftThe loop closes 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/russell-mill-pond-meadow-pond-loop-3-lakes

Trail surface

100% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:41 AMSunset 8:03 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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