Darby Pond Well Water Protection Land

Located in Kingston, Darby Pond Well Water Protection Land is a 42 acre property featuring scenic pond views. This trail system is perfect for hiking. Parting Ways is a 42-acre area set aside for future cemetery use, but the town has arranged to keep a walking trail open through it to Darby Pond even as that use develops -- from Parting Ways, the route crosses a powerline easement and continues through a former cranberry bog to reach the pond. Watch for the trail markers under the transmission tower where the path picks back up on the far side of the easement. Also explore Carter Preserve and Muddy Pond Wilderness Preserve, other trails in Kingston. Try Muddy Pond Wilderness Preserve for a similar trail experience featuring pond.

Trail Notes

Official Town guide (V7, April 2026) now covers this as 'Darby Pond & Parting Ways,' a through-trail 2.25 miles one-way (4.5 miles round trip), 1.5-2 hours. South-end parking now available at Darby Station Road/end of Graffam Road, in addition to the Parting Ways Cemetery lot. Trails Working Group reopened these paths in partnership with the Dept. of Energy & Environment in 2025. Passes an intact stretch of the 1892-1937 Plymouth & Middleborough railroad bed near Darby Station.