Woodside Cemetery Pond via Turkey Hill Road is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Whitney & Thayer Woods near Nantasket Junction, MA. The route reaches Woodside Cemetery Pond at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 82 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi36 – 135 ft2.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.23753, -70.85608
Nearest town Nantasket Junction, MA
Directions
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Woodside Cemetery Pond via Turkey Hill Road
1.9 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 40 min
Elevation 37–136 ft
Out & Back · Whitney & Thayer Woods
Trailhead: 42.23753, -70.85608
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 84°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 8:01 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Turkey Hill Road, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miReach Woodside Cemetery Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
- 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 surface
53% dirt35% paved4% gravel8% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 84°F63°
Precip0%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity80%
Rained 0.4″ yesterday (0.8″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 5:40 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:01 PM
Wed
84°63°
Thu
88°72°
26%
Fri
94°73°
27%
Sat
89°70°
37%
Sun
86°68°
15%
Mon
93°74°
15%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:41 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:01 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:32 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Turkey Hill Road 2 mi · ▲ 167 ft
- James Hill Lane 2.1 mi · ▲ 112 ft
- Turkey Hill Road 2.1 mi · ▲ 112 ft
- James Hill Lane 2.2 mi · ▲ 112 ft
- Turkey Hill Road 2.2 mi · ▲ 141 ft
- Turkey Hill Road 2.3 mi · ▲ 112 ft
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