Suggested Walk through and around
Baldpate Pond State Forest and Camp Denison

Suggested Walk; (Be a sport; Carry out what you carry in)

Boxford Meeting Place Center Trail

Georgetown Road; Ample parking at left rear corner of parking lot.

Directions: Veer towards left from rear corner, cross paved area to RR Bed, turning ® on RR Bed. Continue on RR Bed turning (L) at utility pole # 46 and just past large marsh outlet of Baldpate Pond. Continue about 44 yards to stone wall (this area is private property) crossing on to Camp Denison property. Follow left edge of meadow exiting at (L) corner towards the camp bunk house area, (4-5 bunks houses). Pass bunk house area; trail (L) goes to pond edge, path to ® towards gravel driveway towards main lodge. To access Boxford Forest area stay to ® of main lodge passing to ® of women's outhouse building. Take wood chip path crossing Penn Brook on pedestrian footbridge turning (L) going up slope, at top turn ® following shoreline trails to stone wall onto State Forest property. Continue on path with pond on your (L) through Boxford State Forest and waterfront path forks again. Lower path is along pond edge and upper path through woods but still in view of Baldpate Pond most of the time. Paths converge at Picnic Rock scenic over-look. CAREFULL !! Chards of broken glass at overlook remain in the soil in spite of extensive clean-up efforts by BTA/BOLT members. At overlook, trail separates again; wide path to ® exits onto Nelson St., Georgetown. Path to (L) after passing campsite at pond edge exits onto Baldpate Rd., Boxford. Shortest route back to Boxford Meeting Place is retracing steps back through Camp Denison. A 45-60 minute round trip.

Read about the HISTORY of Boxford State Forest at Baldpate Pond.

Read about the NATURAL FEATURES of Boxford State Forest at Baldpate Pond.

View the SUGGESTED WALK MAP 1 detailing the above suggested walk. ^{*.jpg format will open in separate window.}

View a second MAP 2 of Boxford State Forest at Baldpate Pond. ^{*.jpg format will open in separate window.}

Thanks to Boxford Trails Association/Boxford Open Land Trust for the above suggested walk and maps. To learn more about BTA/BOLT please contact at 978.887.7031 or visit their website at www.btabolt.org
Baldpate general information, history, natural features and map2 taken from "The Bay Circuit Guide to Walks in and around Boxford" by the Boxford Bay Circuit Program Committee and supported by BTA/BOLT and the National Park Service River & Trail Conservation Assistance Program. To obtain your own copy of The Bay Circuit Guide to Walks in and around Boxford please call the BTA/BOLT office at 978.887.7031 or visit their website to learn more www.btabolt.org