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Beaver Brook Watershed Land

Bay Circuit Trail–Hobbs Hill Loop, 3 sights

5.3 mi · ▲ 322 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Bay Circuit Trail–Hobbs Hill Loop, 3 sights is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Beaver Brook Watershed Land near Sharon, MA. It climbs 322 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi203 – 315 ft · steepest grade: 15%6.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bay Circuit Trail 42.12290, -71.18721
Nearest town Sharon, MA
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Bay Circuit Trail–Hobbs Hill Loop, 3 sights

5.3 mi · ▲ 322 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Elevation 205–314 ft

Out & Back · Beaver Brook Watershed Land

Trailhead: Bay Circuit Trail · 42.12290, -71.18721

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:02 PM

Transit-accessible: Sharon stop 299 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Bay Circuit Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
  5. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  7. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Kettle Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading NE.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left onto Hobbs Hill Loop, heading N.
  10. 0.3 miBear left onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading NE.
  11. 200 ftReach Kettle Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 250 ftBear right onto Hobbs Hill Loop, heading E.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading SW.
  14. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Kettle Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
  16. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  17. 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
  18. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
  19. 0.2 miTurn left onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading E.
  20. 0.6 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/bay-circuit-trail-hobbs-hill-loop-out-back-3-sights-9-km-9d85

Trail surface

98% dirt2% boardwalk

Weather

Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:02 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Sharon stop 299 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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