Bearsden Conservation Area

Bearsden Road–Bemis Hill Trail, 4 sights

8.5 mi · ▲ 1,063 ft · 3 hr 22 min

Bearsden Road–Bemis Hill Trail, 4 sights is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in Bearsden Conservation Area near South Royalston, MA. It climbs 1,063 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi699 – 1,175 ft · steepest grade: 32%8.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.61697, -72.14780
Nearest town South Royalston, MA

Directions

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Bearsden Road–Bemis Hill Trail, 4 sights

8.5 mi · ▲ 1,063 ft · 3 hr 22 min

Elevation 700–1,174 ft

Out & Back · Bearsden Conservation Area

Trailhead: 42.61697, -72.14780

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 6:51 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left onto Blue and Yellow Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.6 miSharp right onto Thousand Acre Brook Trail, heading NE.
  4. 1.6 miTurn right onto Deep Cut Bypass Trail, heading NW.
  5. 400 ftContinue straight onto Bemis Hill Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.6 miTurn left onto Bearsden Road, heading S.
  7. 1 miReach Blue and Yellow Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 1 miTurn right onto Bemis Hill Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Deep Cut Bypass Trail, heading SE.
  10. 450 ftTurn left onto Old Stage Road, heading E.
  11. 1.6 miSharp left onto Blue and Yellow Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
  13. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

13% dirt87% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 6:51 PM

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