Meadow Pond & Tophet East is a 3-mile out-and-back in Great Brook Farm State Park near Carlisle, MA. The route reaches Meadow Pond. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi161 – 180 ft3.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.55646, -71.34740
Nearest town Carlisle, MA
Directions
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Meadow Pond & Tophet East
3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr
Elevation 160–180 ft
Out & Back · Great Brook Farm State Park
Trailhead: 42.55646, -71.34740
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Maple Ridge, heading SE.
- 0.1 miPass Meadow Pond.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Pine Point Loop, heading N.
- 200 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Shoreline, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Pine Point Loop, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Beaver Loop, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Pine Point Loop, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Keyes Loop, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Pine Point Loop, heading S.
- 350 ftBear left onto Tophet East, heading S.
- 0.8 miReach Meadow Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Pine Point Loop, heading NW.
- 350 ftSharp left onto Keyes Loop, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Pine Point Loop, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Beaver Loop, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Pine Point Loop, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Shoreline, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear left onto Pine Point Loop, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Maple Ridge, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 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 surface
1% dirt99% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:41 AMSunset 8:03 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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