Wax Factory Pond & Lackey Lane via Ware River Rail Trail is a 10.6-mile out-and-back in Ware River Watershed near Barre Falls, MA. The route reaches Wax Factory Pond at the turnaround, 5.3 miles in. It climbs 338 ft. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi656 – 853 ft10.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Lackey Lane 42.42885, -72.02828
Nearest town Barre Falls, MA
Directions
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Wax Factory Pond & Lackey Lane via Ware River Rail Trail
10.6 mi · ▲ 338 ft · 3 hr 42 min
Elevation 657–853 ft
Out & Back · Ware River Watershed
Trailhead: Lackey Lane · 42.42885, -72.02828
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
- Start on Lackey Lane, heading SW.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Ware River Rail Trail, heading N.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 2.2 miReach Wax Factory Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.7 miTurn left onto Lackey Lane, heading E.
- 1.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
28% dirt72% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 6:51 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 6:29 PM for the 6:51 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:08 PM — 11 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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