Hay Ride Trail–Pain in the Pullman, 5 sights
10 mi · ▲ 480 ft · 3 hr 34 min
Hay Ride Trail–Pain in the Pullman, 5 sights is a 10-mile out-and-back in Douglas State Forest near Lakeview Heights, MA. It climbs 480 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi515 – 758 ft10.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Midstate Trail 42.05593, -71.78648
Nearest town Lakeview Heights, MA
Directions
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Hay Ride Trail–Pain in the Pullman, 5 sights
10 mi · ▲ 480 ft · 3 hr 34 min
Elevation 515–759 ft
Out & Back · Douglas State Forest
Trailhead: Midstate Trail · 42.05593, -71.78648
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Midstate Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Schmidt Trail, heading S.
- 1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear left onto Streeter Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Grand Trunk Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Pain in the Pullman, heading W.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Saddle Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Hay Ride Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Saddle Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Southern New England Trunkline Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miBear left onto Tri-State Marker Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Border Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Starr Road, heading S.
- 0.6 miReach Pain in the Pullman, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Border Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Tri-State Marker Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Southern New England Trunkline Trail, heading N.
- 1 miTurn left onto Saddle Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Hay Ride Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Saddle Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Pain in the Pullman, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Grand Trunk Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Streeter Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Schmidt Trail, heading N.
- 1 miTurn left onto Midstate Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
62% dirt38% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:50 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.3 mi · out & back · via Southern New England Trunkline Trail
- 2.3 mi · out & back · via Southern New England Trunkline Trail
- 2.3 mi · out & back · via Southern New England Trunkline Trail
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Southern New England Trunkline Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Southern New England Trunkline Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Southern New England Trunkline Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Southern New England Trunkline Trail
- 3.1 mi · out & back · via Southern New England Trunkline Trail
More from Midstate Trail Trailhead
- Border Trail–Hay Ride Trail, 6 sights 13.1 mi · ▲ 732 ft
- Benson Mountain Trail–Buck Hill Yellow Dot, 7 sights 10.1 mi · ▲ 466 ft
- Kingsbury Pond–Border Trail, 6 sights 12.6 mi · ▲ 687 ft
- Buck Hill Pond–Buck Hill Yellow Dot, 6 sights 11.6 mi · ▲ 436 ft
- Dudley Pond & Streeter Trail via Southern New England Trunkline Trail 8.7 mi · ▲ 251 ft
- Streeter Trail via Schmidt Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 141 ft
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