Scarboro Pond is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Franklin Park near Forest Hills, MA. The route reaches Scarboro Pond. It is mostly level, with 29 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Scarboro Pond
2.4 mi · ▲ 29 ft · 49 min
Elevation 70–134 ft
Out & Back · Franklin Park
Trailhead: 42.30447, -71.09427
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 8:02 PM
Transit-accessible: Seaver St opp Humboldt Ave stop 604 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miPass Scarboro Pond.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Scarboro Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 50 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 7:33 PM for the 8:02 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:26 PM — 7 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Seaver St opp Humboldt Ave stop 604 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Scarboro Hill 1.7 mi · ▲ 81 ft
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