Upper Mill Pond & Walkers Pond via Woods Loop
7.5 mi · ▲ 278 ft · 2 hr 38 min
Upper Mill Pond & Walkers Pond via Woods Loop is a 7.5-mile out-and-back near West Brewster, MA. The route passes Upper Mill Pond and Walkers Pond. It climbs 278 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Upper Mill Pond & Walkers Pond via Woods Loop
7.5 mi · ▲ 278 ft · 2 hr 38 min
Elevation 30–75 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.73880, -70.09563
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:38 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Woods Loop, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 300 ftPass Upper Mill Pond.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miPass Walkers Pond.
- 0.5 miReach Upper Mill Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:35 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:12 PM — 15 min before dark.
Other ways to reach this destination
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- Upper Mill Pond via Woods Loop 1.9 mi · ▲ 89 ft
- Seymour Pond via Woods Loop 2.6 mi · ▲ 143 ft
- Belmont Park - East & Upper Mill Pond via Woods Loop 6.8 mi · ▲ 221 ft
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