1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
2. 50 ftTurn right onto Secondary Trail (red), heading S.
3. 50 ftPass Fairyland Pond.
4. 0.2 miTurn left onto Harry Beyer Assessed Trail, heading NE.
5. 200 ftContinue straight onto Main Trail (yellow), heading E.
6. 0.1 miTurn right onto Thoreau's on Path Brister's Hill, heading E.
7. 250 ftBear left onto Alternate Thoreau's on Path Brister's Hill, heading SE.
8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
9. 0.1 miSharp right onto Goose Pond Spur, heading SE.
10. 50 ftPass Goose Pond.
11. 0.3 miPass Walden Pond State Reservation Beach.
12. 50 ftTurn right onto Pine Hill Spur, heading S.
13. 150 ftBear right onto Goose Pond Trail, heading S.
14. 350 ftPass Red Cross Beach.
15. 50 ftPass Walden Pond.
16. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
17. 250 ftTurn left onto Lower Woods Path, heading SW.
18. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
19. 50 ftBear left onto Ridge Path, heading NW.
20. 500 ftPass Walden Pond State Reservation Beach.
21. 150 ftTurn right onto Pond Path, heading SW.
22. 0.2 miPass Walden Pond State Reservation Beach.
23. 500 ftPass Andromeda Pond (north).
24. 450 ftPass Andromeda Pond (middle).
25. 200 ftBear right, heading S.
26. 350 ftSharp right onto Esker Trail, heading W.
27. 450 ftPass Andromeda Pond (south).
28. 50 ftPass Andromeda Pond (middle).
29. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
30. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
31. 50 ftBear left onto Red, heading W.
32. 100 ftBear right, heading W.
33. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
34. 350 ftTurn right onto Orange, heading SW.
35. 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
36. 250 ftReach Fairhaven Bay, then turn around and head back the way you came.
37. 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
38. 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
39. 0.2 miBear left onto Red, heading S.
40. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
41. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
42. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
43. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Esker Trail, heading SE.
44. 50 ftSharp left onto Pond Path, heading SE.
45. 0.5 miTurn left onto Ridge Path, heading E.
46. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
47. 50 ftTurn left onto Lower Woods Path, heading W.
48. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
49. 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
50. 100 ftContinue straight onto Goose Pond Trail, heading NW.
51. 450 ftBear left onto Pine Hill Spur, heading NE.
52. 150 ftTurn left onto Goose Pond Spur, heading N.
53. 0.3 miSharp left, heading E.
54. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
55. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Alternate Thoreau's on Path Brister's Hill, heading SE.
56. 450 ftBear right onto Thoreau's on Path Brister's Hill, heading NE.
57. 300 ftTurn left onto Main Trail (yellow), heading E.
58. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Harry Beyer Assessed Trail, heading N.
59. 200 ftTurn right onto Secondary Trail (red), heading N.
60. 0.2 miTurn left onto Fairyland Pond Loop (yellow), heading NE.
61. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/walden-pond-sudbury-river-out-back-14-lakes