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Blueberry Hill–Bay Circuit Trail, 5 sights is an 8.1-mile out-and-back in Bradley Palmer State Park near Nancys Corner, MA. The route reaches Blueberry Hill. It climbs 473 ft. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi30 – 200 ft8.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.66013, -70.89499
Nearest town Nancys Corner, MA

Directions

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Blueberry Hill–Bay Circuit Trail, 5 sights

8.1 mi · ▲ 473 ft · 2 hr 56 min

Elevation 28–200 ft

Out & Back · Bradley Palmer State Park

Trailhead: 42.66013, -70.89499

Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 62°F / low 48° · precip 49% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 6:46 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left onto Displacement, heading W.
  4. 0.5 miTurn right onto Root Canal, heading NW.
  5. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Stomper, heading SW.
  6. 100 ftContinue straight onto Root Canal, heading S.
  7. 250 ftTurn left onto Willowdale Road West, heading SW.
  8. 0.3 miBear left onto The Head, heading S.
  9. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  10. 0.6 miTurn left onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
  12. 0.1 miPass Blueberry Hill.
  13. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  14. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  15. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  16. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
  17. 0.5 miReach Blueberry Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  20. 450 ftSharp right, heading N.
  21. 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
  22. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  23. 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
  24. 0.1 miContinue straight onto The Head, heading NW.
  25. 350 ftBear right onto Willowdale Road West, heading W.
  26. 0.3 miTurn right onto Root Canal, heading NW.
  27. 250 ftContinue straight onto Stomper, heading N.
  28. 100 ftContinue straight onto Root Canal, heading NW.
  29. 0.1 miTurn left onto Displacement, heading N.
  30. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  31. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  32. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

53% dirt47% unspecified

Weather

DrizzleTemperature 62°F48°
Precip49%Wind3 mphUV1Humidity95%
Rained 0.1″ 3 days ago (0.7″ over the last week)
Hourly temperatureRain chance
65°45° 6 AM: 3% rain7 AM: 4% rain9 AM: 1% rain10 AM: 1% rain11 AM: 4% rain12 PM: 27% rain1 PM: 31% rain2 PM: 29% rain3 PM: 49% rain4 PM: 44% rain5 PM: 31% rain6 PM: 44% rain7 PM: 31% rain8 PM: 33% rain9 PM: 41% rain10 PM: 43% rain11 PM: 43% rain
Sunrise 6:29 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:46 PM
Mon 66°54° 66%
Tue 58°51°
Wed 59°52°
Thu 61°51° 20%
Fri 61°52° 41%
Sat 60°52° 43%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.5 mi in (~68 min). Leave by 5:18 PM for the 6:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:06 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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