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Mount Toby State Forest

Clark Mtn. Link Trail–Cliff Trail, 8 sights

13.3 mi · ▲ 2,413 ft · 5 hr 38 min

Clark Mtn. Link Trail–Cliff Trail, 8 sights is a 13.3-mile out-and-back in Mount Toby State Forest near North Sunderland, MA. It climbs 2,413 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi335 – 1,056 ft · steepest grade: 19%13.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Red Pine Trail 42.50323, -72.53013
Nearest town North Sunderland, MA
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Clark Mtn. Link Trail–Cliff Trail, 8 sights

13.3 mi · ▲ 2,413 ft · 5 hr 38 min

Elevation 333–1,055 ft

Out & Back · Mount Toby State Forest

Trailhead: Red Pine Trail · 42.50323, -72.53013

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

Transit-accessible: Sunderland Plaza stop 368 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Red Pine Trail, heading S.
  2. 200 ftContinue straight onto Tower Road, heading S.
  3. 0.1 miBear right onto White Pine Trail, heading S.
  4. 50 ftBear left onto Tower Road, heading S.
  5. 200 ftContinue straight onto Hemlock Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.4 miBear left onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading SW.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto Blue Trail/Robert Frost Trail, heading S.
  8. 450 ftContinue straight onto Upper Link Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.5 miBear right onto Tower Road, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Robert Frost Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.4 miTurn right onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading E.
  12. 0.2 miBear right onto Middle Mountain Road, heading S.
  13. 1 miSharp left onto Reservoir Road, heading SW.
  14. 2.3 miBear right onto Greene Swamp Trail, heading SW.
  15. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Clark Mtn. Link Trail, heading NW.
  16. 400 ftBear left, heading NW.
  17. 0.2 miTurn left onto Cliff Trail, heading NW.
  18. 0.2 miReach Hemlock Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  20. 0.2 miBear right onto Clark Mtn. Link Trail, heading N.
  21. 450 ftContinue straight onto Greene Swamp Trail, heading E.
  22. 0.7 miBear left, heading SE.
  23. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading E.
  24. 2 miSharp right onto Middle Mountain Road, heading N.
  25. 1 miBear left onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading E.
  26. 0.2 miTurn left onto Robert Frost Trail, heading E.
  27. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Tower Road, heading NE.
  28. 0.2 miBear left onto Upper Link Trail, heading N.
  29. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Blue Trail/Robert Frost Trail, heading NE.
  30. 500 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  31. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading N.
  32. 0.2 miBear right onto Hemlock Trail, heading N.
  33. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Tower Road, heading N.
  34. 250 ftBear right onto White Pine Trail, heading NE.
  35. 50 ftBear left onto Tower Road, heading NE.
  36. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Red Pine Trail, heading NE.
  37. 50 ftArrive 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/blue-trail-robert-frost-trail-clark-mtn-link-trail-out-back-7-sights-20-km

Trail surface

77% dirt1% other22% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:46 AMSunset 8:08 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Sunderland Plaza stop 368 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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