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Mount Toby State Forest

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
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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 Aug 4: Overcast, high 81°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 1 mph · sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

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 ftReach Hemlock Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Tower Road, heading E.
  11. 300 ftContinue straight onto Crannberry Pond Trail, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tower Road, heading N.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right onto Hemlock Trail, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tower Road, heading NW.
  15. 250 ftBear right onto White Pine Trail, heading NW.
  16. 50 ftBear left onto Tower Road, heading NW.
  17. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Red Pine Trail, heading N.
  18. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/blue-trail-robert-frost-trail-crannberry-pond-trail-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

69% dirt25% other6% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 81°F63°
Precip0%Wind1 mphUV7Humidity71%
Rained 1.9″ yesterday (3.4″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 5:46 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:08 PM
Wed 80°65°
Thu 89°67° 61%
Fri 92°69° 39%
Sat 91°68° 36%
Sun 93°65°
Mon 91°69° 17%

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