Harold Parker State Forest

Harold Parker Road & Lock 'n' Load Trail

4 mi · ▲ 87 ft · 1 hr 23 min

Harold Parker Road & Lock 'n' Load Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Harold Parker State Forest near Boxford Station, MA. It is mostly level, with 87 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi118 – 210 ft4.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.63085, -71.08880
Nearest town Boxford Station, MA

Directions

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Harold Parker Road & Lock 'n' Load Trail

4 mi · ▲ 87 ft · 1 hr 23 min

Elevation 119–210 ft

Out & Back · Harold Parker State Forest

Trailhead: 42.63085, -71.08880

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Lock 'n' Load Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  6. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  8. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  10. 0.1 miBear left onto Harold Parker Road, heading S.
  11. 0.4 miReach Lock 'n' Load Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  13. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  14. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  16. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  17. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right onto Bay Circuit Trail, heading NW.
  19. 0.6 miTurn left onto Lock 'n' Load Trail, heading NE.
  20. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  21. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  22. 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

74% dirt11% gravel15% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:47 PM

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