Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary
Union Hill–Great Heron Pond, 6 sights
3.1 mi · ▲ 288 ft · 1 hr 11 min
Union Hill–Great Heron Pond, 6 sights is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary near Dorothy Pond, MA. The route passes Great Heron Pond before reaching Union Hill at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It climbs 288 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Union Hill–Great Heron Pond, 6 sights
3.1 mi · ▲ 288 ft · 1 hr 11 min
Elevation 461–679 ft
Out & Back · Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary
Trailhead: Holdredge Trail · 42.23276, -71.76418
Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 59°F / low 51° · precip 60% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Holdredge Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Lady Slipper Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Cardinal Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftPass Great Heron Pond.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Sagatabscot Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miReach Union Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Cardinal Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Lady Slipper Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Holdredge Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Holdredge Trail Trailhead
- Holdredge Trail–Sprague Trail Extension, 3 sights 2 mi · ▲ 199 ft
- Sagatabscot Ridge Viewpoint–Great Heron Pond, 6 sights 2.3 mi · ▲ 143 ft
- Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary Viewpoint–Great Heron Pond, 5 sights 2.2 mi · ▲ 143 ft
- Great Heron Pond–Cardinal Trail, 5 sights 2.4 mi · ▲ 143 ft
- Great Heron Pond–Blue Well Trail, 4 sights 2.1 mi · ▲ 114 ft
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