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Bay Circuit Trail Loop is a 3.4-mile loop in Bradley Palmer State Park near Nancys Corner, MA. It is mostly level, with 112 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi36 – 125 ft3.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.65107, -70.90680
Nearest town Nancys Corner, MA

Directions

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Bay Circuit Trail Loop

3.4 mi · ▲ 112 ft · 1 hr 11 min

Elevation 37–124 ft

Loop · Bradley Palmer State Park

Trailhead: 42.65107, -70.90680

Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 62°F / low 47° · precip 50% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 6:46 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  5. 100 ftTurn left onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading S.
  6. 1 miTurn left, heading S.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  9. 1 miSharp right, heading N.
  10. 200 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

62% dirt2% paved36% unspecified

Weather

DrizzleTemperature 62°F47°
Precip50%Wind3 mphUV1Humidity95%
Rained 0.1″ 3 days ago (0.6″ over the last week)
Hourly temperatureRain chance
65°45° 6 AM: 4% rain7 AM: 4% rain9 AM: 1% rain10 AM: 1% rain11 AM: 5% rain12 PM: 27% rain1 PM: 31% rain2 PM: 30% rain3 PM: 50% rain4 PM: 43% rain5 PM: 30% rain6 PM: 46% rain7 PM: 33% rain8 PM: 33% rain9 PM: 41% rain10 PM: 44% rain11 PM: 44% rain
Sunrise 6:29 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:46 PM
Mon 66°54° 67%
Tue 58°51°
Wed 59°52°
Thu 61°51° 19%
Fri 61°52° 40%
Sat 60°52° 43%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 6:18 PM for the 6:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:09 PM — 6 min before dark.

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Good to know

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