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Red Brook Wildlife Management Area

Nightingale Pond & Sandy Pond Road

11.7 mi · ▲ 217 ft · 4 hr 1 min

Nightingale Pond & Sandy Pond Road is an 11.7-mile out-and-back in Red Brook Wildlife Management Area near Pondville, MA. The route reaches Nightingale Pond. It is mostly level, with 217 ft of elevation gain. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi23 – 115 ft13.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.78332, -70.61003
Nearest town Pondville, MA
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Nightingale Pond & Sandy Pond Road

11.7 mi · ▲ 217 ft · 4 hr 1 min

Elevation 24–116 ft

Out & Back · Red Brook Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 41.78332, -70.61003

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 7:59 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  3. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  7. 250 ftSharp right, heading N.
  8. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  10. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  11. 300 ftBear right, heading NE.
  12. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  13. 0.4 miTurn right onto White Island Road, heading E.
  14. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  16. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  17. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  18. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  19. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  20. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  21. 100 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  22. 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  23. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  24. 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  25. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  26. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  27. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  28. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
  29. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  30. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  31. 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
  32. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  33. 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  34. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  35. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  36. 1.2 miReach Nightingale Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  37. 0.9 miSharp right, heading NW.
  38. 0.1 miSharp left onto Tanager Lane, heading N.
  39. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  40. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  41. 500 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  42. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  43. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  44. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  45. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  46. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  47. 400 ftBear right, heading SE.
  48. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  49. 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  50. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  51. 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
  52. 50 ftTurn left onto Sandy Pond Road, heading N.
  53. 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  54. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  55. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  56. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  57. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  58. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  59. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
  60. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
  61. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  62. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  63. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  64. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  65. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  66. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  67. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  68. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  69. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
  70. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  71. 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  72. 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
  73. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  74. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  75. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  76. 400 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  77. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  78. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  79. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  80. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  81. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/signal-hill-tarkiln-hill-out-back-4-summits-23-km-5e8c

Trail surface

33% dirt67% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:40 AMSunset 7:59 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~18 min). Leave by 7:20 PM for the 7:59 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:32 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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