Long Pond, Wyman Path, & Nanepashemet Road (Middlesex Fells Reservation)
Hike Type: Loop
Distance: 2.25 miles
Elevation: 187 feet
Time: 51 minutes
Hiking Challenges: N/A
Hiking Challenges: N/A
The Hike
After my catostrophic week last week and lovely weekend, I am officially back! I wanted to get out and enjoy the snow after work so I drove over the Long Pond area of the fells for another free-wander. Well, what I thought would be a free-wander. I guess I'm officially trying to hike all of the trails in the Fells... I guess... I tried to follow paths and trails that I'd never hiked on before, so off I went!
It was a winter wonderland in these woods which was just delightful. It was cold, though. 19 degrees, but thankfully not too breezy. I did forget my buff and water, but I planned to keep this one short anyway. There were cross-country ski tracks all around, especially on the wider paths around Long Pond. Most of the trails were hard-packed with snow, but a few of the smaller connecting trails, or a wider path that was not a part of any blazed route, were more powdery.
I got some nice tree views of Long Pond and then stumbled across a couple of benches overlooking the frozen water. Later on, I walked on the ice just far enough to get a nice photo fo the pond.
My return route mostly followed the Nanepashemet Road, which was again, lovely. There was a medium-large group of kids with one adult - I assume a scout group - hiking on the Skyline Trail at about the same pace as me, so we criss-crossed a couple of times. From there, I turned back onto Molly's Spring Road and walked back to the car, concluding a short, cold, but lovely time in the Fells.
Step-by-Step
- Park at Long Pond.
- Follow yellow blazes to Molly's Spring Road.
- At Molly's Spring Road, turn left.
- At Gate 14, turn around.
- At B4-1, turn left.
- At B3-18, turn right.
- At B3-21, turn around.
- At B3-20, turn right.
- At B3-1, turn left.
- Before B3-8, turn left.
- At B3-9, turn left.
- At B3-2, turn right onto Wyman Path.
- At B3-5, turn left.
- At Gate 16, turn around.
- At B3-15, turn right onto Nanepashemet Road.
- At B4-5, turn right onto Molly's Spring Road.
- Return to car.
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