Pine Hill–Walden Pond, 10 sights is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Hapgood Wright Town Forest near Concord, MA. The route passes Fairyland Pond, Goose Pond, Walden Pond State Reservation Beach and 3 more before reaching Walden Pond at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 120 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi118 – 220 ft4.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.45372, -71.34243
Nearest town Concord, MA
Directions
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Pine Hill–Walden Pond, 10 sights
4.4 mi · ▲ 120 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 119–219 ft
Out & Back · Hapgood Wright Town Forest
Trailhead: 42.45372, -71.34243
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Emerson Thoreau Amble, heading E.
- 0.4 miPass Fairyland Pond.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Fairyland Pond Loop (yellow), heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto (blue), heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Connecting Trail (blue), heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Red Dot Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Main Trail (yellow), heading SE.
- 350 ftSharp right onto Connecting Trail (blue), heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 400 ftPass Goose Pond.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Goose Pond Spur, heading SE.
- 0.3 miPass Walden Pond State Reservation Beach.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Pine Hill Spur, heading SE.
- 0.2 miPass Pine Hill.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Heywood's Meadow Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftPass Walden Pond State Reservation Beach.
- 50 ftPass Main Beach.
- 50 ftPass Walden Pond.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Esker Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftReach Pine Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Heywood's Meadow Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pine Hill Spur, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Goose Pond Spur, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Connecting Trail (blue), heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Main Trail (yellow), heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Red Dot Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Connecting Trail (blue), heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto (blue), heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Fairyland Pond Loop (yellow), heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Emerson Thoreau Amble, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 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
64% dirt36% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 82°F62°
Precip0%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity83%
Rained 1″ yesterday (1.7″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 5:41 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:03 PM
Wed
84°63°
Thu
88°70°
26%
Fri
96°72°
30%
Sat
94°70°
33%
Sun
96°68°
Mon
92°73°
15%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:37 PM for the 8:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:24 PM — 11 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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