QUICK TRAIL FACTS
- Preserve Size: Not sure
- Trail Mileage: 1.6 miles one way
- Pets: yes
- Difficulty: difficult to find path
- Sights: Harvested areas, woods
The area had been heavily logged when I visited in 2018. But there are detailed directions on how to follow the trail here. Additionally, it can be a rough trail, almost at times a bushwhack, for those up to the challenge!
The route, which begins off Route 11, starts on a narrow, overgrown trail. This section is blazed, albeit it doesn’t appear to be well used. At roughly 0.4 miles, you come out on Great Hollow Road, which is a rough ATV/logging track. Here the going gets a bit tricky. Take a left on this road, and walk approximately 0.25 miles. Look very carefully for a faded green blaze on a tree on your right. There is a broken Healthy Walks sign behind it. If you come to a wider track on your right, you’ve gone a bit too far.
Once you find the path, you’ll be able to follow it by looking for the faded green blazes — they can be hard to see in spots. Eventually you’ll come out on the paved Town Farm Road. If you want to attempt the final leg of the one-way trail, you can cross Town Farm Road to another logged area. When I visited, someone had tied up pink tags on a few trees, but it was still difficult to find the way.
If you want to swim after, there’s a pretty public beach on Square Pond (but it is open just to residents and guests with a parking sticker.)
Directions: The best place to pick up the trail is on Route 11, rather than from the trailheads off Square Pond Road.
