Spot Pond & Half Mile Road
2 mi · ▲ 116 ft · 43 min
Spot Pond & Half Mile Road is a 2-mile out-and-back in Middlesex Fells Reservation near Haywardville, MA. The route reaches Spot Pond. It is mostly level, with 116 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Spot Pond & Half Mile Road
2 mi · ▲ 116 ft · 43 min
Elevation 56–201 ft
Out & Back · Middlesex Fells Reservation
Trailhead: 42.45590, -71.08330
Weather Aug 4: Heavy rain, high 76°F / low 67° · precip 80% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
Transit-accessible: Wyoming Ave @ Fellsway E stop 34 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Crystal Spring Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 100 ftPass Spot Pond.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 450 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Half Mile Road, heading SW.
- 350 ftReach Spot Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Crystal Spring Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 150 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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- Transit-accessible: Wyoming Ave @ Fellsway E stop 34 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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