1. Start on Jane Layton Path, heading NW.
2. 100 ftSharp left, heading SW.
3. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Main Trail (red), heading SW.
4. 250 ftSharp right, heading NW.
5. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
6. 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
7. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
8. 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
9. 400 ftTurn left onto Adams Woods - Mt Misery Path, heading NE.
10. 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
11. 0.2 miPass Andromeda Pond (south).
12. 0.1 miPass Andromeda Pond (north).
13. 50 ftPass Andromeda Pond (middle).
14. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
15. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
16. 400 ftPass Walden Pond.
17. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
18. 50 ftPass Walden Pond State Reservation Beach.
19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Esker Trail, heading N.
20. 50 ftSharp left onto Pond Path, heading N.
21. 0.3 miPass Walden Pond State Reservation Beach.
22. 0.2 miTurn left onto Wyman Road, heading NE.
23. 50 ftPass Thoreau Bean Field.
24. 0.1 miReach Walden Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
25. 0.1 miTurn right onto Pond Path, heading NE.
26. 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
27. 350 ftSharp right onto Esker Trail, heading S.
28. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
29. 450 ftBear right, heading W.
30. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
31. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
32. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Adams Woods - Mt Misery Path, heading SW.
33. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
34. 350 ftSharp left, heading SE.
35. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
36. 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
37. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
38. 0.4 miSharp left onto Main Trail (red), heading SE.
39. 0.3 miSharp right onto Jane Layton Path, heading E.
40. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/walden-pond-main-beach-out-back-10-beaches-11-km