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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 Aug 4: Heavy rain, high 76°F / low 66° · precip 92% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:44 AM · sunset 8:09 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

Heavy rainTemperature 76°F66°
Precip92%Wind9 mphUV5Humidity76%
Rained 2.2″ 4 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
80°65° 12 AM: 5% rain1 AM: 12% rain2 AM: 16% rain3 AM: 50% rain4 AM: 70% rain5 AM: 92% rain6 AM: 84% rain7 AM: 88% rain8 AM: 90% rain9 AM: 80% rain10 AM: 59% rain11 AM: 40% rain12 PM: 29% rain1 PM: 40% rain2 PM: 45% rain3 PM: 38% rain4 PM: 70% rain5 PM: 54% rain6 PM: 8% rain7 PM: 1% rain
Sunrise 5:44 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:09 PM
Tue 79°62°
Wed 78°63°
Thu 90°62° 59%
Fri 90°66° 37%
Sat 89°66° 37%
Sun 92°65°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~28 min). Leave by 7:21 PM for the 8:09 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:50 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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