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Mount Toby State Forest

Blue Trail/Robert Frost Trail–Hemlock Loop Trail, 5 sights

2.5 mi · ▲ 623 ft · 1 hr 9 min

Blue Trail/Robert Frost Trail–Hemlock Loop Trail, 5 sights is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Mount Toby State Forest near North Sunderland, MA. It climbs 623 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi495 – 883 ft · steepest grade: 29%2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old road 42.50266, -72.53566
Nearest town North Sunderland, MA
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Blue Trail/Robert Frost Trail–Hemlock Loop Trail, 5 sights

2.5 mi · ▲ 623 ft · 1 hr 9 min

Elevation 495–881 ft

Out & Back · Mount Toby State Forest

Trailhead: Old road · 42.50266, -72.53566

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

  1. Start on Old road, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miBear right onto Sugar Farms Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto Bridle Path, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading S.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right onto Blue Trail/Robert Frost Trail, heading SW.
  6. 450 ftReach Blue Trail/Robert Frost Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left onto Hemlock Loop Trail, heading NE.
  9. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Hemlock Trail, heading W.
  10. 200 ftTurn right onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading W.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left onto Sugar Farms Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.1 miBear right onto Old road, heading NW.
  13. 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/blue-trail-robert-frost-trail-hemlock-loop-trail-out-back-5-sights

Trail surface

51% dirt17% other32% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

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