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Shadow Lake & Doctor White Road

2.5 mi · ▲ 141 ft · 54 min

Shadow Lake & Doctor White Road is a 2.5-mile out-and-back near Cold Spring, MA. The route reaches Shadow Lake at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 141 ft of elevation gain. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi364 – 453 ft2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Doctor White Road 42.67030, -72.50639
Nearest town Cold Spring, MA
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Shadow Lake & Doctor White Road

2.5 mi · ▲ 141 ft · 54 min

Elevation 366–452 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Doctor White Road · 42.67030, -72.50639

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:45 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

  1. Start on Doctor White Road, heading SE.
  2. 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
  3. 500 ftSharp left onto Deacon Parker Road, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  5. 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  8. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftReach Shadow Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 100 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  11. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  12. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 0.1 miSharp right onto Doctor White Road, heading S.
  15. 0.5 miArrive 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/shadow-lake-shadow-lake-out-back-3-lakes

Trail surface

48% dirt52% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:45 AMSunset 8:08 PM

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