Best hikes in Nipmuck State Forest
Ambleway maps 23 hikes in Nipmuck State Forest, from a 2.1-mile walk to a 12-mile day out. 21 of them score as wild, staying clear of roads and development for most of the route; the wildest is South Wales Road. The biggest climb is Sessions Meadow Marsh & Stickney Road Loop via Paine Hill Road, gaining 972 ft, and the network tops out at 1,254 ft.
- Corbin Road 2.1 mi · ▲ 83 ft
- Old County Road 2.7 mi · ▲ 85 ft
- Wells Brook Dam 2.9 mi · ▲ 166 ft
- North Loop & West Murray Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 314 ft
- Paine Hill Road Loop 3.3 mi · ▲ 288 ft
- Lily Bridge Pond & North Loop via West Murray Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 303 ft
- Pinneys Pond & Old County Road 3.5 mi · ▲ 169 ft
- East Murray Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 275 ft
- Breakneck Pond–Bigelow Pond Loop, 4 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 399 ft
- Hatchet Road 4.4 mi · ▲ 338 ft
- Cat Rocks–Breakneck Pond, 3 summits 4.4 mi · ▲ 306 ft
- Bigelow Pond–Bigelow Hollow Park Trail, 3 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 290 ft
- South Wales Road 5.2 mi · ▲ 311 ft
- Mashapaug Pond–Bigelow Pond, 4 sights 5.8 mi · ▲ 344 ft
- Bigelow Hollow Park Trail & Breakneck Hill Road 6.3 mi · ▲ 430 ft
- Reservoir No. 5–Breakneck Road, 3 sights 7.2 mi · ▲ 462 ft
- Stickney Road 7.4 mi · ▲ 624 ft
- Reservoir No. 4–Reservoir No. 5, 3 lakes 8.1 mi · ▲ 450 ft
- Hamilton Reservoir & Stickney Road 9 mi · ▲ 949 ft
- Sessions Meadow Marsh & Stickney Road Loop via Paine Hill Road 9.4 mi · ▲ 972 ft
- Meyers Pond & Breakneck Pond via Lower Breakneck Hill Road 12.1 mi · ▲ 796 ft
- Lower Breakneck Hill Road 2.4 mi · ▲ 233 ft
- Park Road 2.7 mi · ▲ 203 ft