Bay Circuit Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 29 min
Bay Circuit Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Tewksbury State Hospital near Tewksbury Junction, MA. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bay Circuit Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 29 min
Elevation 85–125 ft
Out & Back · Tewksbury State Hospital
Trailhead: 42.62258, -71.20716
Weather Sep 5: Drizzle, high 72°F / low 61° · precip 15% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 7:14 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading S.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 450 ftReach Bay Circuit Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, 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.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~22 min). Leave by 6:33 PM for the 7:14 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:52 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 1.9 mi · loop · via Bay Circuit Trail
- 1.9 mi · loop · via Bay Circuit Trail
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Bay Circuit Trail
- 2 mi · out & back · via Bay Circuit Trail
- 2 mi · out & back · via Bay Circuit Trail
- 2 mi · out & back · via Bay Circuit Trail
- 2 mi · out & back · via Bay Circuit Trail
- 2 mi · out & back · via Bay Circuit Trail
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