HINT: You may want to hike this trail in the reverse direction since the most challenging climb is the descent to Island Pond Road (Waypoint #4) from the conservation area (view topo).
Turn
(Feet)
Distance
Description
START (Great Pointe)
755
Proceed down Great Pointe path and turn left at the first foot trail.
343
Go down the hill and turn left onto the forest road (Island Pond Road). Proceed along Island Pond Road until you reach a fork in the road (Turn #1).
#1
4000
Turn #1 takes you onto (what appears to be) a forest road that quickly turns into a foot path as you proceed aroud the east side of Little Island Pond.
#2
350
At Turn #2, the foot-path branches to the left ascending up a hill and to the right hugging the shore of the pond. Take the left-hand path proceeding up the hill.
#3
1056
Turn #3 is the intersection with another trail. Continue along the intersecting trail to the left.
#4
390
Turn #4 is where the foot trail connects with Island Pond Road. Turn left onto Island Pond Road, proceed past Turn #1 and then take a right hand turn onto a foot path that leaves Island Pond Road and leads you back to the Great Pointe path.
