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Callahan State Park

Backpacker Trail

1.9 mi · ▲ 113 ft · 41 min

Backpacker Trail is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Callahan State Park near Marlborough Junction, MA. It is mostly level, with 113 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 42.34564, -71.49604
Nearest town Marlborough Junction, MA
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Backpacker Trail

1.9 mi · ▲ 113 ft · 41 min

Elevation 248–355 ft

Out & Back · Callahan State Park

Trailhead: 42.34564, -71.49604

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:03 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 150 ftTurn left onto Backpacker Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.6 miTurn right onto Deearmouse Trail, heading E.
  5. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 50 ftTurn left onto Backpacker Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  8. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  9. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/backpacker-trail-out-back-3-km-61b0

Trail surface

70% dirt30% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:03 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route

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