1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
2. 0.1 miBear right onto Emerson Thoreau Amble, heading E.
3. 0.4 miPass Fairyland Pond.
4. 450 ftTurn left onto Fairyland Pond Loop (yellow), heading E.
5. 150 ftTurn right onto (blue), heading SE.
6. 100 ftContinue straight onto Connecting Trail (blue), heading S.
7. 150 ftTurn left onto Red Dot Trail, heading SE.
8. 0.2 miTurn left onto Main Trail (yellow), heading SE.
9. 350 ftSharp right onto Connecting Trail (blue), heading NE.
10. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
11. 400 ftTurn left, heading SE.
12. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
13. 400 ftPass Goose Pond.
14. 150 ftSharp right onto Goose Pond Spur, heading SE.
15. 0.3 miPass Walden Pond State Reservation Beach.
16. 150 ftTurn right onto Pine Hill Spur, heading SE.
17. 150 ftBear right onto Goose Pond Trail, heading S.
18. 250 ftPass Red Cross Beach.
19. 50 ftPass Walden Pond.
20. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
21. 250 ftTurn left onto Lower Woods Path, heading W.
22. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
23. 50 ftBear left onto Ridge Path, heading NW.
24. 400 ftPass Walden Pond State Reservation Beach.
25. 250 ftTurn right onto Pond Path, heading SW.
26. 0.2 miPass Walden Pond State Reservation Beach.
27. 450 ftPass Andromeda Pond (north).
28. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
29. 50 ftPass Andromeda Pond (middle).
30. 300 ftSharp right onto Esker Trail, heading SW.
31. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
32. 450 ftBear right, heading SE.
33. 50 ftReach Walden Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
34. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
35. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
36. 150 ftSharp left onto Pond Path, heading SE.
37. 0.5 miTurn left onto Ridge Path, heading NW.
38. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
39. 50 ftTurn left onto Lower Woods Path, heading NW.
40. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
41. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
42. 150 ftContinue straight onto Goose Pond Trail, heading NE.
43. 400 ftBear left onto Pine Hill Spur, heading NE.
44. 150 ftTurn left onto Goose Pond Spur, heading NE.
45. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
46. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
47. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
48. 400 ftTurn left onto Connecting Trail (blue), heading NE.
49. 0.2 miSharp left onto Main Trail (yellow), heading N.
50. 350 ftTurn right onto Red Dot Trail, heading N.
51. 0.2 miTurn right onto Connecting Trail (blue), heading E.
52. 150 ftContinue straight onto (blue), heading NW.
53. 100 ftTurn left onto Fairyland Pond Loop (yellow), heading NW.
54. 150 ftTurn right onto Emerson Thoreau Amble, heading NW.
55. 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
56. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/walden-pond-goose-pond-out-back-7-beaches-7-km-4a50