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Wendell State Forest

Bear Mountain

4.9 mi · ▲ 801 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Bear Mountain is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Wendell State Forest near Erving, MA. The route reaches Bear Mountain. It climbs 801 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi545 – 1,217 ft · steepest grade: 18%5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bear Mountain Trail 42.57709, -72.40762
Nearest town Erving, MA
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Bear Mountain

4.9 mi · ▲ 801 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Elevation 546–1,217 ft

Out & Back · Wendell State Forest

Trailhead: Bear Mountain Trail · 42.57709, -72.40762

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

  1. Start on Bear Mountain Trail, heading N.
  2. 50 ftPass Bear Mountain.
  3. 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
  4. 1.9 miReach Bear Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 2.5 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/bear-mountain-out-back-11-km

Trail surface

22% dirt78% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:32 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:52 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:21 PM.

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