Sudden Pond & Berry Pond via Harold Parker Road
2.7 mi · ▲ 58 ft · 56 min
Sudden Pond & Berry Pond via Harold Parker Road is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Harold Parker State Forest near Boxford Station, MA. The route passes Berry Pond before reaching Sudden Pond at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 58 ft of elevation gain. It scores 49/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Sudden Pond & Berry Pond via Harold Parker Road
2.7 mi · ▲ 58 ft · 56 min
Elevation 103–156 ft
Out & Back · Harold Parker State Forest
Trailhead: Healthy Heart Trail · 42.62070, -71.08474
Weather Aug 3: Heavy rain, high 77°F / low 68° · precip 85% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Healthy Heart Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Berry Pond.
- 400 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 200 ftBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Harold Parker Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Acorn Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn right onto White Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach Sudden Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Stearns Pond Road (and Blue Loop), heading W.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Acorn Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Harold Parker Road, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 300 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right onto Healthy Heart Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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