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Baiting Brook-Welch Conservation Land

Welch Pond–Packard Pond, 5 sights

2.4 mi · ▲ 172 ft · 53 min

Welch Pond–Packard Pond, 5 sights is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Baiting Brook-Welch Conservation Land near Nobscot, MA. The route passes Welch Pond and Packard Pond. It is mostly level, with 172 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi236 – 394 ft2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.33126, -71.46894
Nearest town Nobscot, MA
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Welch Pond–Packard Pond, 5 sights

2.4 mi · ▲ 172 ft · 53 min

Elevation 238–395 ft

Out & Back · Baiting Brook-Welch Conservation Land

Trailhead: 42.33126, -71.46894

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftPass Welch Pond.
  3. 0.4 miSharp right onto Balling Brook Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right onto Pipeline, heading W.
  5. 50 ftTurn left onto Blue Jay Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right onto Cardinal Trail, heading SE.
  7. 250 ftBear left onto Rocky Road, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right onto Deer Run, heading SE.
  9. 350 ftReach Welch Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left onto Fox Hunt Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.2 miPass Packard Pond.
  12. 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Packard Trail, heading NE.
  14. 350 ftTurn left onto Pipeline, heading NE.
  15. 300 ftTurn right onto Connector J, heading NE.
  16. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Titmouse Trail, heading N.
  17. 50 ftSharp left onto Balling Brook Trail, heading N.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  19. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/welch-pond-packard-pond-out-back-6-sights-4-km-21fd

Trail surface

84% dirt16% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:03 PM

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