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. 500 ftPass Andromeda Pond (middle).
29. 300 ftBear right, heading S.
30. 350 ftSharp right onto Esker Trail, heading SW.
31. 350 ftPass Andromeda Pond (south).
32. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
33. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
34. 50 ftBear left onto Red, heading W.
35. 100 ftBear right, heading W.
36. 0.2 miPass Fairhaven Bay.
37. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
38. 100 ftPass Fairhaven Viewpoint.
39. 250 ftContinue straight onto Orange, heading SW.
40. 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
41. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
42. 150 ftReach Fairhaven Bay, then turn around and head back the way you came.
43. 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
44. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
45. 0.2 miBear left onto Red, heading SE.
46. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
47. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
48. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
49. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Esker Trail, heading NE.
50. 50 ftSharp left onto Pond Path, heading NE.
51. 0.5 miTurn left onto Ridge Path, heading NE.
52. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
53. 50 ftTurn left onto Lower Woods Path, heading E.
54. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
55. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
56. 100 ftContinue straight onto Goose Pond Trail, heading NW.
57. 400 ftBear left onto Pine Hill Spur, heading NW.
58. 150 ftTurn left onto Goose Pond Spur, heading NE.
59. 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
60. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
61. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
62. 400 ftTurn left onto Connecting Trail (blue), heading NE.
63. 0.1 miSharp left onto Main Trail (yellow), heading SE.
64. 400 ftTurn right onto Red Dot Trail, heading SE.
65. 0.2 miTurn right onto Connecting Trail (blue), heading N.
66. 150 ftContinue straight onto (blue), heading NW.
67. 100 ftTurn left onto Fairyland Pond Loop (yellow), heading N.
68. 150 ftTurn right onto Emerson Thoreau Amble, heading E.
69. 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
70. 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-10-km-e5af