Blue Trail/Robert Frost Trail–Crannberry Pond Trail, 4 sights
2 mi · ▲ 498 ft · 55 min
Blue Trail/Robert Frost Trail–Crannberry Pond Trail, 4 sights is a 2-mile out-and-back in Mount Toby State Forest near North Sunderland, MA. It climbs 498 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi384 – 883 ft · steepest grade: 28%2.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Red Pine Trail 42.50323, -72.53013
Nearest town North Sunderland, MA
Directions
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Blue Trail/Robert Frost Trail–Crannberry Pond Trail, 4 sights
2 mi · ▲ 498 ft · 55 min
Elevation 385–881 ft
Out & Back · Mount Toby State Forest
Trailhead: Red Pine Trail · 42.50323, -72.53013
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Red Pine Trail, heading S.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Tower Road, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right onto White Pine Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Tower Road, heading S.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Hemlock Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Blue Trail/Robert Frost Trail, heading S.
- 450 ftReach Hemlock Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Tower Road, heading E.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Crannberry Pond Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Tower Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Hemlock Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Tower Road, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right onto White Pine Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Tower Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Red Pine Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
69% dirt25% other6% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- Roaring Falls–Crannberry Pond Trail, 3 sights 2.1 mi · ▲ 66 ft
- Mount Toby–Blue Trail/Robert Frost Trail, 6 sights 6.5 mi · ▲ 1,867 ft
- Cranberry Pond & Crannberry Pond Trail via Tower Road 1.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Mount Toby–Blue Trail/Robert Frost Trail, 6 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 1,017 ft
- Roaring Mountain–Hemlock Trail Loop, 7 sights 6 mi · ▲ 1,211 ft
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