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Wendell State Forest

Bear Mountain Trail & Stone Road

4.5 mi · ▲ 524 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Bear Mountain Trail & Stone Road is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Wendell State Forest near Wendell, MA. It climbs 524 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi810 – 1,132 ft4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Stone Road 42.57136, -72.40924
Nearest town Wendell, MA
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Bear Mountain Trail & Stone Road

4.5 mi · ▲ 524 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Elevation 811–1,133 ft

Out & Back · Wendell State Forest

Trailhead: Stone Road · 42.57136, -72.40924

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

  1. Start on Stone Road, heading SW.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right onto Thompson Road, heading N.
  3. 0.8 miTurn left onto Bear Mountain Trail, heading W.
  4. 1.1 miReach Stone Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1.1 miTurn right onto Thompson Road, heading S.
  6. 0.8 miTurn left onto Stone Road, heading E.
  7. 0.3 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-trail-out-back-7-km-7206

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~28 min). Leave by 6:05 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:34 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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