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Wachusett Meadows

Wildlife Pond–Farm Pond, 6 sights

5 mi · ▲ 392 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Wildlife Pond–Farm Pond, 6 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Wachusett Meadows near Princeton Station, MA. The route passes Farm Pond, Wildlife Pond and Wildlife Pond before reaching Farm Pond at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 392 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 54/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi974 – 1,257 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Dickens/Midstate Trail 42.47584, -71.90296
Nearest town Princeton Station, MA
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Wildlife Pond–Farm Pond, 6 sights

5 mi · ▲ 392 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Elevation 973–1,256 ft

Out & Back · Wachusett Meadows

Trailhead: Dickens/Midstate Trail · 42.47584, -71.90296

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:44 AM · sunset 8:05 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Dickens/Midstate Trail, heading W.
  2. 1.4 miPass Farm Pond.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Beaver Bend/Midstate Trail/Goodnow Road, heading W.
  4. 400 ftTurn left onto Beaver Bend Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.5 miBear right onto South Meadow Trail, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftPass Wildlife Pond.
  7. 0.3 miPass Farm Pond.
  8. 50 ftReach Wildlife Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.3 miBear left onto Beaver Bend Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.5 miTurn right onto Beaver Bend/Midstate Trail/Goodnow Road, heading NE.
  11. 350 ftTurn left onto Chapman/Midstate Trail, heading NE.
  12. 1.6 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/wildlife-pond-wildlife-pond-out-back-8-sights-8-km

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 5:44 AMSunset 8:05 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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