Brewster -- Punkhorn Parklands Short Walks
on Cape Cod
See also our Long Walk
in Punkhorn Parklands
Seymour Pond
Start from the parking lot for
Punkhorn Parklands at the end of
Run Hill Road (001). Walk
south on
what is now Westgate Road,
and unpaved, for 0.5 mile to a wide
woods road on the left
heading southeast (002).
This is Punkhorn Road, marked with a
hand-painted sign. Walk
southeast on it for
another 0.75 mile,
crossing Eastgate Road,
another unpaved road (003).
You will come to a sharp
intersection, where a woods road
comes in from the left (004).
Walk
north on it, passing a few summer
houses on the shore of Seymour
Pond. Continue past an
abandoned cranberry bog to a high
knob (005). Climb up to the top
and enjoy the view, if you
wish.
Backtrack briefly to a trail
intersection (006) and walk west
on
the trail leading up the rise
and into the woods. Soon
you will
come to Eastgate Road (007). Walk north on it for another
quarter
mile until you see a wide foot path on the left (008).
(For a longer walk, continue
north on Eastgate Road as for
"Calf Field Pond," below.)
Walk west and northwest on the path to a fork, bearing right to
Calf Field Pond
Walk north on Eastgate Road to
the pavement, where it becomes
Pond Street (004). Walk northeast on Pond Street until the pavement
ends at a woods road
(005). Look for a
trail going due north. It will
lead you into the northern
part of Punkhorn Parklands, a worthy aesthetic
experience.
Walk north past two tiny ponds (006) on your left until the trail curves
around to head due west, at a fork
(007). Lots of horses travel this trail,
coming from the barns on Great
Fields Road to the north. Turn north-
west at the third trail to the right
(008).
Calf Field Pond will appear to
the
north. When you
see Calf Field
Pond ahead, walk west again on the foot path at the top of the rise,
with the pond at your right. Pass by foot paths to the pond. At the
T intersection on the woods road (009), walk north briefly to to
a
foot path to the right that parallels the shore of Calf Field Pond.
Walk north on it (010).
From the main parking lot for Punkhorn Parklands on Run Hill Road,
which turns into a dirt road called Westgate Road, follow the trail
all the way around Eagle Point overlooking Upper Mill Pond
(001-005).
At (005), turn right briefly to pick up the trail heading south along
the edge of the abandoned cranberry bog. Continue south, bearing
left at the fork to walk up the rise (006), then to the dirt road (007)
leading to the Mattot cottage (008). Walk south on the foot path
to
Westgate Road (009).
At (010) follow the woods road to Archie's Cartway (011). Walk
north to 0.2 mile to a road (012) heading north, then east. Follow
it as circles north (013), then west through (014) to a wide woods
road (015). Follow this road to the southwest.
At the intersection (016), walk south for 0.2 mile (017) to a path
that
leads southwest along the shore of Walkers Pond. In about 0.4
mile,
bear left on the path (018) to walk southeast and out to Black Duck
Cartway (019).
