Vinton Pond–Friends Trail (Yellow), 6 sights is a 4.9-mile out-and-back near West Townsend, MA. The route reaches Vinton Pond. It climbs 540 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi489 – 804 ft · steepest grade: 18%5.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.65404, -71.76859
Nearest town West Townsend, MA
Directions
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Vinton Pond–Friends Trail (Yellow), 6 sights
4.9 mi · ▲ 540 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Elevation 488–803 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 42.65404, -71.76859
Weather Sep 20: Heavy drizzle, high 56°F / low 46° · precip 58% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Group Camp, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Vinton Pond.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Lichen Garden, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Friends Trail (Yellow), heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Friends Trail (Yellow) Dow, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Old Vinton Pond Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 100 ftBear right onto Pearl Hill Brook Trail, heading SW.
- 300 ftBear left onto Old Vinton Pond Road, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Wares Waldo West, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Wares Waldo East, heading NE.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto Rattlesnake, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Friends Trail (Yellow), heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Lichen Garden, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Group Camp, heading N.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
13% dirt87% unspecified
Weather
Heavy drizzleTemperature 56°F46°
Precip58%Wind3 mphUV1Humidity98%
Rained 0.1″ 3 days ago (0.6″ over the last week)
Hourly temperatureRain chance
60°45°
Sunrise 6:33 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:50 PM
Mon
64°50°
34%
Tue
59°43°
Wed
61°41°
Thu
63°39°
Fri
63°46°
34%
Sat
60°50°
38%
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