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Baiting Brook-Welch Conservation Land

Welch Pond–Packard Pond, 5 sights

2 mi · ▲ 195 ft · 46 min

Welch Pond–Packard Pond, 5 sights is a 2-mile out-and-back in Baiting Brook-Welch Conservation Land near Nobscot, MA. The route passes Packard Pond and Welch Pond. It is mostly level, with 195 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi236 – 394 ft2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bay Circuit Trail 42.33460, -71.47148
Nearest town Nobscot, MA
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Welch Pond–Packard Pond, 5 sights

2 mi · ▲ 195 ft · 46 min

Elevation 238–395 ft

Out & Back · Baiting Brook-Welch Conservation Land

Trailhead: Bay Circuit Trail · 42.33460, -71.47148

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:03 PM

  1. Start on Bay Circuit Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miBear right onto Balling Brook Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left onto Blue Jay Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right onto Cardinal Trail, heading SE.
  5. 250 ftBear left onto Rocky Road, heading W.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left onto Juniper Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left onto Fox Hunt Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.1 miPass Packard Pond.
  9. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Packard Trail, heading NE.
  11. 350 ftContinue straight onto Balling Brook Trail, heading NE.
  12. 0.2 miBear left onto Lakeside Trail, heading N.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Balling Brook Trail, heading N.
  14. 450 ftPass Welch Pond.
  15. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading NW.
  16. 0.2 miArrive 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/welch-pond-packard-pond-out-back-6-sights-3-km-2771

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:03 PM

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