Path along Scarboro Pond, October 2013.jpg
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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.

Elevation

0 mi69 – 135 ft3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.30447, -71.09427
Nearest town Forest Hills, MA

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 350 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  4. 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  13. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miPass Scarboro Pond.
  15. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  16. 0.3 miReach Scarboro Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  18. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  19. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  20. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  21. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  22. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  23. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  24. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  25. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  26. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  27. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  28. 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
  29. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
  30. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

57% paved43% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:41 AMSunset 8:02 PM

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.

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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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