Backpacker Trail
1.9 mi · ▲ 171 ft · 43 min
Backpacker Trail is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Callahan State Park near Marlborough Junction, MA. It is mostly level, with 171 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi249 – 354 ft2.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.34685, -71.49366
Nearest town Marlborough Junction, MA
Directions
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Backpacker Trail
1.9 mi · ▲ 171 ft · 43 min
Elevation 248–355 ft
Out & Back · Callahan State Park
Trailhead: 42.34685, -71.49366
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Backpacker Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Deearmouse Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Backpacker Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
70% dirt30% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:03 PM
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