Buckboard Trail & Tadmuck Divide Trail
2.9 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr
Buckboard Trail & Tadmuck Divide Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Mystery Spring near Ward Corner, MA. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Buckboard Trail & Tadmuck Divide Trail
2.9 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr
Elevation 195–256 ft
Out & Back · Mystery Spring
Trailhead: Mystery Spring (white) · 42.57794, -71.41266
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 6:48 PM
Transit-accessible: Hampton Inn Technology Drive stop 639 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Mystery Spring (white), heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Flaherty Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Tadmuck Divide Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Buckboard Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftReach Tadmuck Divide Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Tadmuck Divide Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Flaherty Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Mystery Spring (white), heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~35 min). Leave by 5:54 PM for the 6:48 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Hampton Inn Technology Drive stop 639 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Mystery Spring (white) Trailhead
- Little Tadmuch Hill–Indian Grinding Stone, 5 sights 6.3 mi · ▲ 448 ft
- Old Haul Road & Tadmuck Divide Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 30 ft
- High Point & Tadmuck Divide Trail 1.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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