Bare Hill Wildlife Sanctuary & Vaughn Primary Trail - North via Bowers Springs Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 289 ft · 1 hr 17 min
Bare Hill Wildlife Sanctuary & Vaughn Primary Trail - North via Bowers Springs Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Bare Hill Wildlife Sanctuary near Camp Green Eyrie, MA. It climbs 289 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Bare Hill Wildlife Sanctuary & Vaughn Primary Trail - North via Bowers Springs Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 289 ft · 1 hr 17 min
Elevation 377–554 ft
Out & Back · Bare Hill Wildlife Sanctuary
Trailhead: Abbot Orchard Trail (secondary) · 42.47229, -71.59273
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 82°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Mary Abbott Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Bare Hill Wildlife Sanctuary, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Bowers Springs Trail, heading NW.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Vaughn Primary Trail - North, heading W.
- 450 ftReach Bare Hill Wildlife Sanctuary, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Vaughn Primary - Bare Hill Road, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Bowers Springs Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Bare Hill Wildlife Sanctuary, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Mary Abbott Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:43 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:04 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:36 PM.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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