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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left onto Maple Ridge, heading SE.
  3. 0.1 miPass Meadow Pond.
  4. 100 ftTurn left onto Pine Point Loop, heading N.
  5. 200 ftBear right, heading NE.
  6. 350 ftTurn right onto Shoreline, heading SE.
  7. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right onto Pine Point Loop, heading SE.
  9. 200 ftTurn right onto Beaver Loop, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Pine Point Loop, heading SW.
  11. 0.1 miSharp left onto Keyes Loop, heading S.
  12. 50 ftSharp right onto Pine Point Loop, heading S.
  13. 350 ftBear left onto Tophet East, heading S.
  14. 0.8 miReach Meadow Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.8 miBear right onto Pine Point Loop, heading NW.
  16. 350 ftSharp left onto Keyes Loop, heading NW.
  17. 50 ftSharp right onto Pine Point Loop, heading NW.
  18. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Beaver Loop, heading N.
  19. 50 ftTurn left onto Pine Point Loop, heading N.
  20. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right onto Shoreline, heading SW.
  22. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  23. 350 ftBear left onto Pine Point Loop, heading SW.
  24. 200 ftTurn right onto Maple Ridge, heading SW.
  25. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  26. 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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