Warners Pond & Diamond Crossing via Bruce Freeman Rail Trail is a 2.7-mile out-and-back near West Concord, MA. The route passes Diamond Crossing before reaching Warners Pond at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi118 – 154 ft3.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Target Trail (yellow) 42.44460, -71.39169
Nearest town West Concord, MA
Directions
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Warners Pond & Diamond Crossing via Bruce Freeman Rail Trail
2.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 54 min
Elevation 117–156 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Target Trail (yellow) · 42.44460, -71.39169
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miPass Diamond Crossing.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Warners Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 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
93% paved3% dirt4% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:03 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 7:33 PM for the 8:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:28 PM — 7 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Target Trail (yellow) Trailhead
- Musquetaquid Pond–Kennedy's Pond, 3 lakes 2.4 mi · ▲ 60 ft
- Off Powder Mill Road Land–White Pond, 5 lakes 16.1 mi · ▲ 250 ft
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